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The making of modern Zionism : intellectual origins of the Jewish state

Author: Shlomo Avineri
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©1981.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Delineates a number of aspects of Zionist thought, as expressed through the writings of selected central nineteenth and twentieth century individuals. Avineri presents a history of Zionist thought through profiles of some of Zionism's major thinkers. Each chapter is devoted to a specific personality and focuses on a particular topic or approach. By examinimg the stories of these men, how their ideas developed, and  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Shlomo Avineri
ISBN: 0465043283 : 9780465043286 0465043313 9780465043316
OCLC Number: 7739373
Description: x, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : Zionism as a revolution --
Krochmal : the hegelianization of Jewish history --
Graetz : revolutionizing Jewish historical consciousness --
Moses Hess : socialism and nationalism as a critique of bourgeois society --
Alkalai and Kalischer : between tradition and modernity --
Smolenskin : from enlightenment to nationalism --
Lilienblum : the crisis of Jewish enlightenment in Russia --
Pinsker : from emancipation to autoemancipation --
Ben Yehuda : language and nation --
Herzl : the breakthrough --
Nordau : the Jews and the crisis of western civilization --
Ahad Ha'am : the spiritual dimensions of the Jewish state --
Syrkin : nationalism and class conflict --
Borochov : Zionist Marxism --
Gordon : labor and redemption --
Jabotinsky : integralist nationalism and the illusion of power --
Rabbi Kook : the dialectics of redemption --
Ben Gurion : the vision and the power --
Epilogue : Zionism as a permanent revolution.
Responsibility: Shlomo Avineri.

Abstract:

Delineates a number of aspects of Zionist thought, as expressed through the writings of selected central nineteenth and twentieth century individuals. Avineri presents a history of Zionist thought through profiles of some of Zionism's major thinkers. Each chapter is devoted to a specific personality and focuses on a particular topic or approach. By examinimg the stories of these men, how their ideas developed, and some of their writings, the reader becomes familiar with different aspects of Zionist thought.

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