Keith Kahn-Harris
Keith Kahn Harris is a sociologist with an interest in contemporary Jewish identity and culture and the convenor of the website New Jewish Thought. His other area of expertise is the global extreme metal scene.
Articles by Keith Kahn-Harris
Solidarity splinters
Opposing ideas about antisemitism threaten to split the anti-racist movement. A new book seeks to bridge the divides
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Book review: Israelophobia by Jake Wallis Simons
Is “Israelophobia” a new form of hatred, or are we rehashing the same old debate?
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Book review: Britain’s Jews
A new book attempts to paint a picture of what it is like to be Jewish in the UK
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What does a Jew look like?
Jews and other minorities are often portrayed using stereotyped imagery. Can we do things differently?
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Book review: The Wordhord
The language of our forebears was rich in expressiveness and imagery, packed full of "false friends" and beautiful compounds, a new book reveals.
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Book review: Behind Closed Doors
The cleaners given a voice in Nick Duerden's new book are cultural anthropologists, with unique access to our private lives.
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Book review: How to Fight Anti-Semitism
Bari Weiss' is the most controversial book of a recent spate on the subject, with an all-sides critique that infuriates her detractors
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Whose values? France and the aftermath of terror
Responses to terrorism in France raise uncomfortable questions about the possibility of genuine equality and freedom
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Book review: The Rage
A new book demonstrates the deep commonalities between far-right and Islamic extremists
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White power music and the changing face of extremism
Hate rock was a crucial part of previous fascist movements in the US and UK. But today’s populist far-right lacks a soundtrack.
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Does the left have an anti-Semitism problem?
Jeremy Corbyn’s ascent to the Labour leadership has placed bitter arguments about Israel and anti-Semitism in the spotlight.
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Does civility in politics matter?
Universities are the centre of some of the fiercest political and cultural battles of our times. Is the tone of that debate important?
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How should we read religious texts?
Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks advocates a more complex reading. But do his ideas fit with the modern world?
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Faster for the master
More than 30 years after it started, is Christian metal still a thriving underground scene or a decaying corpse? Keith Kahn-Harris goes looking for signs of life amongst the devout undead
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What is a secular Jew?
It was Jews who were the first to test-drive secularism, says Keith Kahn-Harris
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Books review: Rabbis behaving badly
Liberals have a history of sparking controversy within British Judaism. Keith Kahn-Harris surveys new books by two trouble-making leaders
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Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
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Book review: A God of One’s Own by Ulrich Beck
Keith Kahn-Harris discovers religion in modernity
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Unreasonable doubt
Climate change, AIDS, GM foods – all have their detractors. But when does disbelief become dogma? Keith Kahn-Harris explores the cult of denialism
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Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World by Barbara Ehrenreich
Keith Kahn-Harris enjoys Barbara Ehrenreich's antidote to positive thinking
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True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste
In deepest Scandinavia, Keith Kahn-Harris discovers social democratic Satanism
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A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward
Keith Kahn-Harris on a Jewish photographic history
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