Jewish Radicalisms: Historical Perspectives on a Phenomenon of Global Modernity

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

Jewish Radicalisms

Historical Perspectives on a Phenomenon of Global Modernity

Edited by: Frank Jacob and Sebastian Kunze

Volume 39 in the series Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110545753

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About this book

Jewish radical thoughts and actions can be described in a variety of terms and dimensions. Often, there is a connection implied between left-wing ideas and activists as well as their radicalism. This volume surveys Jewish radicalisms and present different approaches on this global historical phenomenon which are conceptualised as three different phenomena: Cultural, political and religious radicalism. The volume is focussed on the 20th century and tries to grasp the manifold Ideas of Jewish radicalism and, thereby, wants to open up the discussion on this category. This discussion is needed not only within Jewish Studies to engage with this topic and broaden our understanding of Jewish Radicalism as well as to form a useful applicable category. This volume is to be understood as a call for and a contribution to this debate.

Contributions by Peter Bergamin, Federico Dal Bo, Tal Elmaliach, Ofira Gruweis-Kovalsky, Hayim Katsmann, Anne Klein, Peter Scott Lederer, Amir Locker-Biletzki, Hannah Peaceman, Elliot Ratzman, Jan Rybak, Morgan Shipley, Roman Vater i.a.

Author / Editor information

Frank Jacob, City University of New York, USA; Sebastian Kunze, Universität Erfurt.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction. Thoughts on Jewish Radicalism as a Phenomenon of Global Modernity Sebastian Kunze and Frank Jacob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I. Political Radicalisms
Pathways of Early Post-Zionism Roman Vater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Revolutionary Fascist or Fascist Revolutionary. Abba Ahimeir and the Success of Revolutionary Zionism Peter Bergamin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
The Radical (Re‐)Interpretation of Jewish Class and Nation. Poale Zion and the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 Jan Rybak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
The Settler, the Native and the Communist. Nationalism, Colonialism, and Imperialism in Moshe Sneh’s and Emil Touma’s Ideology, 1953–1973 Amir Locker-Biletzki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Radical Trinity. Anarchist, Jew, or New Yorker? Frank Jacob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Jewish Radicalism as a Liminal Space. HaShomer haTza’ir between Zionism and the New Left, 1967–1973 Tal Elmaliach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Section II. Religious Radicalisms
Psychedelic Judaism in a Countercultural America. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and the Radical Religiosity of LSD Consciousness Morgan Shipley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Nihilism and Extremist Religious Education in Contemporary Israel. The King’s Torah and its Discontents Federico Dal Bo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Reactions Towards Jewish Radicalism. Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg and Religious Zionism Hayim Katsman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Religious Radicalism, the Zionist Right, and the Establishment of the State of Israel Ofira Gruweis-Kovalsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Section III: Cultural Radicalisms
Education, Citizenship, Social Justice. Janusz Korczak and Jewish Community Action in Warsaw at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Anne Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Mel Brooks’ Subversive Cabaret. The Producers (1968) Peter Scott Lederer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
The Cultural Heretic Gustav. Landauer as a Radical Writer Sebastian Kunze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Jewish Radicalism as Radical Diversity? Radical Thought in Jewish Perspectives on the Jewish Question in early Nineteenth Century Germany Hannah Peaceman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians, political scientists, and scholars from the field of religious studies with a focus on Jewish Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 442
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
Keywords: Jüdischer Radikalismus; Anarchismus; Zionismus

eBook

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110545753

Hardcover

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110543452