Summary
Author of A Brief Genealogy of Jewish Republicanism: Parting Ways with Judith Butler (punctum books, 2016), which argues against Judith Butler’s Parting Ways and for a Jewish republican tradition grounded in Ceremonial law (A Brief Genealogy of Jewish Republicanism: Parting Ways with Judith Butler, PDF p.5-6).
Details
- Earlier versions of the essay were presented at the English and American Studies faculty seminar of Tel Aviv University and at the lunchtime seminar of the USC Center for Law, History and Culture (PDF p.8).
- Tucker states her own positions in the essay: she opposes the Academic boycott for its internal incoherence while accepting the case for an economic boycott (PDF p.17-18, footnote 6), and she calls the current Israeli occupation of the West Bank “a morally indefensible and politically unsustainable colonial regime” (PDF p.38).
Related pages
A Brief Genealogy of Jewish Republicanism: Parting Ways with Judith Butler, Judith Butler, Jewish republicanism