| Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
| Series |
The modern Jewish experience |
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Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 intellectuals who defined Zionism's central mission as challenging the model of a sovereign nation-state: historian Simon Rawidowicz, religious thinker Mordecai Kaplan, and political theorist Hans Kohn. Although their models d |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983.
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Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971.
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Rawidowicz, Simon, 1897-1957.
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| SUBJECT |
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983 fast |
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Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971 fast |
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Rawidowicz, Simon, 1897-1957 fast |
| Subject |
Jews -- Identity -- History -- 20th century
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Jews -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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Zionism and Judaism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
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Jews -- Identity
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Jews -- Intellectual life
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Zionism and Judaism
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Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
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Middle East.
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History & Archaeology.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009051590 |
| ISBN |
9780253004307 |
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0253004306 |
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1282663283 |
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9781282663282 |
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9786612663284 |
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6612663286 |
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