Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
הציונות; מאסף לתולדות התנועה הציונות והיישוב היהודי בארץ-ישראל
Angaben zur Quelle:
טז (תשנב) 63-92
Keywords:
נורדאו, מקס,
;
Zionism History
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Max Nordau (1849-1923) was born in Pest, Hungary, where he became a psychiatrist. In 1880 he settled in Paris and became a world-renowned philosopher, writer, and publicist. His works were written in German, and he viewed himself as a German. Discusses his worldview based on evolutionary positivism and liberal nationalism, his belief in universal principles, science as a basis for progress, rationalism as the basis of culture, and democratization as the right form of government. Examines, particularly, his two-volume work "Entartung" ("Degeneration") published in 1892-93, in which he deplores and castigates European society for its abandonment of these principles and its turn to radical nationalism, militarism, totalitarianism, and decadent art. Nordau's involvement in the nascent Zionist movement was due to his disappointment with European society rather than antisemitism, as is usually claimed, although antisemitism was a regular feature of the evolving European culture.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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