Joining their betters rather than their own: The modern/postmodern rhetoric of Jewish fundamentalist preachers

Zvi Bekerman*, Yair Neuman

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Although fundamentalism would like to portray itself as devoted to the monologic voice of past tradition, it is the modern-laden rhetoric that reconstructs its traditional image, and through this stance constitutes its identity. In this study, while analyzing speeches of ultra-orthodox Jewish preachers, the authors present the dialogical notion of fundamentalism. More specifically, the article aims to show that although the fundamentalist preachers portray themselves as embedded in a fixed cherished past, it is the modern/postmodern dialogue that constitutes their identity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-199
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Communication Inquiry
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

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