Isbn: 9780226100241 - the great latke-hamantash debate (15 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Creation versus evolution. Nature versus nurture. Free will versus determinism. Every November at the University of Chicago, the best minds in the world consider the question that ranks with these as one of the most enduring of human history: latke or hamantash? This great latke-hamantash debate, occurring every year for the past six decades, brings Nobel laureates, university presidents, and notable scholars together to debate whether the potato pancake or the triangular Purim pastry is in fact the worthier food. What began as an informal gathering is now an institution that has been replicated on campuses nationwide. Highly absurd yet deeply serious, the annual debate is anopportunity for both ethnic celebration and academic farce. In poetry, essays, jokes, and revisionist histories, members of elite American academies attack the latke-versus-hamantash question with intellectual panache and an unerring sense of humor, if not chutzpah. The Great Latke-Hamantash Debate is the first collection of the best of these performances, from Martha Nussbaum's paean to both foods?in the style of Hecuba's Lament?to Nobel laureate Leon Lederman's proclamation on the union of the celebrated dyad. The latke and the hamantash are here revealed as playing a critical role in everything from Chinese history to the Renaissance, the works of Jane Austen to constitutional law. Philosopher and humorist Ted Cohen supplies a wry foreword, while anthropologist Ruth Fredman Cernea provides historical and social context as well as an overview of the Jewish holidays, latke and hamantash recipes, and a glossary of Yiddish and Hebrew terms, making the book accessible even to the uninitiated. The University of Chicago may have split the atom in 1942, but it's still working on the equally significant issue of the latke versus the hamantash. ?As if we didn?t have enough on our plates, here?s something new to argue about. . . . To have to pick between sweet and savory, round and triangular, latke and hamantash. How to choose? . . . Thank goodness one of our great universities?Chicago, no less?is on the case. For more than 60 years, it has staged an annual latke-hamantash debate. . . . So, is this book funny? Of course it?s funny, even laugh-out-loud funny. It?s Mickey Katz in academic drag, Borscht Belt with a PhD.??David Kaufmann, Forward.…

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Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Small octavo, paper covers, xxxiv, 216 pp., glossary, contributors Foreword by Ted Cohen.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Great Latke-Hamantash Debate This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. pp. 250 4 Figures.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 216 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Cernea, Ruth Fredman. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334. . 2006. New edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. In English.

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