Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
עיונים; כתב עת רב-תחומי לחקר ישראל
Angaben zur Quelle:
37 (תשפב) 255-276
Keywords:
Gordon, Aaron David,
;
Environmentalism
;
Zionism Philosophy
;
Nation-building
;
Jewish nationalism History 19th century
Abstract:
The article seeks to identify A. D. Gordon’s thought as a distinctive type of ‘green’Zionism. As opposed to the common tendency in Gordon scholarship to focus onsymbolic aspects of his conception of ‘nature’, the analysis here focuses on itsconcrete values. Refocusing the analysis on biophysical ‘nature’, suggests thatvery much like contemporary environmental thinkers, Gordon sought to shiftthe ontological and ethical weight from the human realm to the interrelationshipbetween the human and the non-human environment. Yet, unlike present-dayenvironmentalists, Gordon anchored this shift in a comprehensive theory ofnationalism. The Jewish nation he believed must transform its characteristicalienation from nature into an avant-garde force that will leads the human effort torehabilitate the relationship with the natural world. In broader terms, my analysiscalls for a reassessment of Gordon’s relationship to Zionism and indicates that whilehe shared the Zionist desire to return the Jewish people to Eretz Israel, he was highlycritical of the widespread Zionist view of the land as a readily available resource foruse by the Jewish nation. The analysis thus identifies an eco-nationalist approachunderpinning Gordon’s critique of the utilitarian, statist and militaristic bent of theZionist movement. It suggests that Gordon saw these trends as indicative of an illintentioned drive to subjugate and exploit the natural environment. To rectify this,Gordon developed an eco-Zionist ideology which held that the primary means forJewish national revival is the protection and conservation of nature in Eretz Israel.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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