The Dispersion

A History of the Word Diaspora

By: StÃ©phane Dufoix

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Hardcover | 8 December 2016

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Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award

In The Dispersion, St phane Dufoix skillfully traces how the word "diaspora", first coined in the third century BCE, has, over the past three decades, developed into a contemporary concept often considered to be ideally suited to grasping the complexities of our current world. Spanning two millennia, from the Septuagint to the emergence of Zionism, from early Christianity to the Moravians, from slavery to the defence of the Black cause, from its first scholarly uses to academic ubiquity, from the early negative connotations of the term to its contemporary apotheosis, St phane Dufoix explores the historical socio-semantics of a word that, perhaps paradoxically, has entered the vernacular while remaining poorly understood.

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[...] A remarkably erudite scholar, Dufoix [...] describes the "social, political, intellectual and economic patterns" that have "rendered (the term) richer, with multiple and often contradictory significations. [...] An impressive and, indeed, unique book that will assuredly serve as the definitive work on the history of the frequently invoked term "diaspora."" Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries. D. Altschiller, Boston University, CHOICE, August 2017

"With a breadth and depth of knowledge that is simply unrivaled, Dufoix uncovers the genealogy of diaspora from its ancient origins to its extraordinary proliferation in the contemporary era. A work of massive erudition and ambition, The Dispersion is by far the most original, comprehensive, and exciting account of its subject. It is hard to see how this book could ever be surpassed." - Kevin Kenny, Professor of History, Boston College, author of Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction

"Old and complex terms like diaspora migrate and mutate. Stephane Dufoix has tenaciously revealed the social, historical and semantic metamorphoses of diaspora over the last 2300 years. His brilliant and definitive account will excite all scholars in the field of diaspora studies." - Robin Cohen, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford, author of Global Diasporas: An Introduction

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