Tyranny, Taboo, and the Ten Commandments: The Decalogue Decoded And its Impact on Civil Society. - Couverture souple

Bik, Hilton J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1436357217 ISBN 13 : 9781436357210

Editeur : Xlibris, Corp., 2008

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Biographie de l'auteur

Sometimes known as the "sheep farmer-philosopher," Hilton Bik began his life's journey in the British colony of Rhodesia. He grew up spontaneously straddling three very different, perhaps even irreconcilable, worlds-a traditional Jewish home, nestled in a British Imperial enclave, set within the larger context of indigenous tribal culture. This experience would forever shape his attitudes and his thinking. Refusing to take up arms against the tide of African political liberation that surfaced in the 1960s, he escaped to South Africa and, after graduating in philosophy, comparative religion, and economics at the University of Cape Town, fled to Israel. Bolstered by a youthful bravado and a natural curiosity he indulged in the "kibbutz" social experiment, savored the "yeshiva" (Rabbinical Seminary) intellectual environment, and flavored a taste of the frontier by herding cattle on the Golan Heights-all the while grappling with the issues of self-definition and group identity, ethnic denomination, and nationalist ideology, that arise in a modern pluralistic world. Arriving on the shores of America in the late 1970s as a stateless refugee, he embarked upon his own American dream, establishing a sheep ranch in rural Georgia, where he resides to this day. Since retiring from active farming he has devoted his time to further study, writing, and the founding of an economic empowerment project in Zimbabwe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris, Corp.
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1436357217
• ISBN 13: 9781436357210
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 282
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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