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Hasidism: The Surprising Utopia

David Schoen Institute of Creative Jewish Education, Jerusalem, Israel

Hasidism is presented as a movement which breaks the pattern of Jewish utopian move ments. In contrast to the traditional focus on collective salvation, Hasidism attempts to reconstruct the social order on the basis of a utopian vision of individual salvation. The implications of this change regarding the Hasidic reconstruction of Jewish society are examined, as well as the indication that it contains for a reorientation of Jewish civilization.

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