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Zionism and the roads not taken : Rawidowicz, Kaplan, Kohn /

Today, Zionism is understood as a national movement whose primary historical goal was the establishment of a Jewish state. However, Zionism's association with national sovereignty was not foreordained. Zionism and the Roads Not Taken uncovers the thought of three key interwar Jewish intellectua...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pianko, Noam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010.
Series:Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Breaking the sovereign mold: nation beyond state in modern Jewish thought
  • "Sovereignty is international anarchy": Jews, World War I, and the future of nationalism
  • Text, not territory: Simon Rawidowicz, global Hebraism, and the centering of decentered national life
  • Making American democracy safe for Judaism: Mordecai Kaplan, national civilization, and the morality of Zionism
  • From German Zionism to American nationalism: Hans Kohn, cultural humanism, and the realization of "the political idea of Judaism"
  • Zionism, Jewish peoplehood, and the dilemmas of nationality in a global era.