{"product_id":"the-wicked-son-anti-semitism-self-hatred-and-the-jews-9780805211573","title":"The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews","description":"David Mamet's interest in anti-Semitism is not limited to the modern face of an ancient hatred but encompasses as well the ways in which many Jews have internalized that hatred. Using the metaphor of the Wicked Son at the Passover seder (the child who asks, \"What does this story mean to \u003ci\u003eyou?\") \u003c\/i\u003eMamet confronts what he sees as an insidious predilection among some Jews to exclude themselves from the equation and to seek truth and meaning anywhere--in other religions, political movements, mindless entertainment--but in Judaism itself. He also explores the ways in which the Jewish tradition has long been and still remains the Wicked Son in the eyes of the world. Written with the searing honesty and verbal brilliance that is the hallmark of Mamet's work, \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Son \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerfully thought-provoking look at one of the most destructive and tenacious forces in contemporary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mamet \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning screenwriter and playwright, as well as a director, a novelist, a poet, and an essayist. He has written the screenplays for more than twenty films, including \u003ci\u003eHomicide\u003c\/i\u003e (which he also directed), \u003ci\u003eWag the Dog, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Oscar-nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Verdict. \u003c\/i\u003eHis more than twenty plays include \u003ci\u003eSpeed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work on Jewish subjects includes \u003ci\u003eThat Old Religion, Bar Mitzvah, Passover \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFive Cities of Refuge, \u003c\/i\u003ea Torah commentary written with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. He lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503878279442,"sku":"9780805211573","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5085825-1d1a-43d3-b254-ce89d2172424.jpg?v=1730801825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wicked-son-anti-semitism-self-hatred-and-the-jews-9780805211573","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}