Description Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century and the only rabbi ever awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. in Sociology and Anth.
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He later served as Director of the School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2002-2010), Visiting Bronfman Professor at Brandeis University (2010-2012), and Professor of Social Pedagogy and Social Policy at the Bergische University, Wuppertal, Germany (2012-2014).
He was formerly at the University of Rochester as the Scandling Professor of Education and Sociology, where he was also Founding Dean of the Warner Graduate School (1989-2000).
About the Author Philip Wexler, is Executive Director of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Society, and emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education and Unterberg Chair in Jewish Social and Educational History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The library of Schneerson\'s talks and writings is voluminous, but critics have described this distillation as artful, engaging, ambitious, bracing, relevant, and imperative.
Juxtaposed with sociologist Max Weber\'s diagnosis of "inner worldly asceticism" as "the spirit of capitalism," Schneerson\'s socio-mystical worldview is compellingly framed as a Transformative Paradigm for the universal repair of society.
Social Vision delves into the deep structures of Social reality and the ways it is shaped and reshaped by powerful ideologies.
From the personal to the global his teachings chart a practical path for the replacement of materialism, alienation, anxiety and divisiveness with a dignified and joyous reciprocity.
Schneerson not only engineered a global Jewish renaissance but also became an advocate for public education, criminal justice reform, women\'s empowerment, and alternative energy.
Despite wide recognition of Schneerson\'s impact, this is the first volume to seriously explore his Social ideas and activism.
Description Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century and the only rabbi ever awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
