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The founding myths of Israel : nationalism, socialism, and the making of the Jewish state

Author: Zeev Sternhell
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Zeev Sternhell
ISBN: 0691016941 9780691016948
OCLC Number: 37011219
Description: xiii, 419 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: A Note on the Transliteration of Hebrew Names and the Translation of Hebrew Book Titles Introduction: Nationalism, Socialism, and Nationalist Socialism Ch. 1. The Primacy of the Nation: Aaron David Gordon and the Ethos of Nation Building. The Negation of the Diaspora. What Is a Nation? Nationalism versus Socialism: The Amelioration of Man, Nation, or Society? The Right to the Land: The Power of History Ch. 2. The Worker as the Agent of National Resurrection. The Heritage of the Second Aliyah. The First Stages of the Shift to the Right. The Elimination of the Marxist Po'alei Tzion Party. The Founding of Ahdut Ha'avoda. Experiential Socialism Ch. 3. Socialism in the Service of the Nation: Berl Katznelson and "Constructive" Socialism. The Legend and the Reality. The Nation above All. From "Productivist" to Nationalist Socialism Ch. 4. Ends and Means: The Labor Ideology and the Histadrut. The Bases of Power. Taking over the Collective Settlements: The Establishment of the Nir Company. The Cult of Discipline and Authority: The Destruction of Gdud Ha'avoda (the Labor Corps) Ch. 5. The Triumph of Nationalist Socialism: "From Class to Nation" What Is a Class? The Collaboration with the Middle Classes. The Struggle over Workers' Education Ch. 6. Democracy and Equality on Trial. The Hegemony of the Apparatus and the Poverty of Intellectual Life. Oligarchy and Conformism. Equality: Principle and Practice. The Failure of the Family Wage. Class Warfare in the Histadrut. Epilogue: From the State in the Making to the Nation State.
Other Titles: Aux origines d'Israël.
Responsibility: Zeev Sternhell ; translated by David Maisel.
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