Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision, this book offers a new way of thinking about violence, drawing on the thought of Derrida and Sofsky to explain circumcision as a form of generative or productive violence that is inherent in the making of bodies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Chapter 1. Problematising Violence and Morality
Chapter 2. Conceptualising Circumcision
Chapter 3. The Genesis of Jewish Ritual Circumcision
Chapter 4. Agency, authorship, and Writing in the Making of the Self
Chapter 5. From Rite to Write
Conclusion: The Cut that Makes Whole
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