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The Founding Myths of Israel : Nationalism, Socialism, and the Making of the Jewish State.

The well-known historian and political scientist Zeev Sternhell here advances a radically new interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. The founders claimed that they intended to create both a landed state for the Jewish people and a socialist society. However, according to Sternhell, sociali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sternhell, Zeev
Otros Autores: Maisel, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The well-known historian and political scientist Zeev Sternhell here advances a radically new interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. The founders claimed that they intended to create both a landed state for the Jewish people and a socialist society. However, according to Sternhell, socialism served the leaders of the influential labor movement more as a rhetorical resource for the legitimation of the national project of establishing a Jewish state than as a blueprint for a just society. In this thought-provoking book, Sternhell demonstrates how socialist principles were consistently.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (436 pages)
ISBN:9781400822362
140082236X