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Jewish state or Israeli nation? /

Boas Evron traces the violent fissures in Israeli society to a basic incompatibility between the concept of a democratic, secular state, on the one hand, and an integral nation defined on a religious basis, on the other. Surveying the full sweep of Jewish history, Evron argues that the Jews were nev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evron, Boas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Boas Evron traces the violent fissures in Israeli society to a basic incompatibility between the concept of a democratic, secular state, on the one hand, and an integral nation defined on a religious basis, on the other. Surveying the full sweep of Jewish history, Evron argues that the Jews were never a territorial nation. Judaism is instead a religious civilization for which the diaspora was not a historical coincidence but a necessary condition of its existence. He concludes that Israel should become a territorial state accommodating its sizeable non-Jewish minority in a truly democratic way.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.
ISBN:058510302X
9780585103020