Return to the Promised Land.

The Birth and Philosophical Foundations of Zionism

von Jacek Surzyn

216 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The book analyses the ideological and philosophical basis of Zionism, i.e. how Zionism solved the most important problems of Jews in the last decades of the 19th century: the problem of assimilation, the philosophical principles of national identity, the idea of self-liberation and the conception of the Jewish state. Another problem discussed in this book is how the religious idea of "Return to Zion" became both philosophical and political goals. All considerations are based on the analysis of the source texts of the protagonists and founders of Zionism (Hess, Pinsker, Herzl and Nordau). Zionism is also shown in the perspective of its strength and weakness, as well as its importance for Jewishness in general.

• Reihe: Studies in History, Memory and Politics
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9783631812952
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2020
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Kommentiert von: Jan Burzyński