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Shai Ginsburg

Shai Ginsburg

Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
shai.ginsburg@duke.edu
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708-0414
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Scholarly Works - Books

Jews and the ends of theory

Book · December 4, 2018 Theory, as it's happened across the humanities, has often been coded as "Jewish." This collection of essays seeks to move past explanations for this understanding that rely on the self-evident (the historical centrality of Jews to the rise of Critical Theo ... Cite

Rhetoric and nation: The formation of Hebrew national culture, 1880–1990

Book · January 1, 2014 Featured Publication Recent and commonly accepted criticism holds that written and spoken Hebrew reveals a shared logic, a collective rhetoric that is identifiable and can be traced as an evolving phenomenon throughout the centuries. In Rhetoric and Nation, Ginsburg charts the ... Cite