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The genealogical science: the search for Jewish origins and the politics of epistemology

By Nadia , Abu El-Haj

Book information

Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780226201405, 0226201406, 9780226154701, 022615470X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1890692 bytes)
Series
Chicago studies in practices of meaning
Edition
Paperback edition
Pages
ix, 311 pages ; 23 cm\323
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Jews--Identity;Y chromosome;Cohanim;Genetics;Jews

Description

This volume analyses the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. The author examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective.;The descent of men -- What are the Jews? -- Know thyself -- The politics of identity, inc. -- The right of return -- The things we carry: history through the molecular optic. The descent of men -- What are the Jews? -- Know thyself -- The politics of identity, inc. -- The right of return -- The things we carry: history through the molecular optic.

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