Democratic Culture, Volume 9

A collection of articles on assorted topics, including political phenomenology as outlined by Walter Benjamin, conflicts of memory at memorial sites, Jewish democracy vs. democratic Judaism in the thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, principal models of medieval Jewish political thought, two models of academic freedom, and human dignity at a crossroads. 

A collection of articles on assorted topics, including political phenomenology as outlined by Walter Benjamin, conflicts of memory at memorial sites, Jewish democracy vs. democratic Judaism in the thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, principal models of medieval Jewish political thought, two models of academic freedom, and human dignity at a crossroads.

David Ohana
Fascism as a Political Community of Experience: Following Walter Benjamin's Political Phenomenology

Zeev Drory and Udi Lebel
Public Relations of Death: Conflicts of Memory in a National Memorial Site: Mount Eytan Museum

Moshe Hellinger
Jewish Democracy and Democratic Judaism in the Thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

Menachem Lorberbaum
Basic Paradigms of Medieval Jewish Political Thought

Yitzhak (Yani)  Nevo
Two Models of Academic Freedom: The Case of Israeli Universities

Orit Kamir
At a Crossroads: Israel between Honor, Dignity, Glory and Respect

English Abstracts