ISBN:
0253221846
,
9780253354556
,
9780253221841
,
0253354552
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 277 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
The modern Jewish experience
DDC:
320.54095694092/2
Keywords:
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
;
Kohn, Hans
;
Rawidowicz, Simon
;
Jews Identity 20th century
;
History
;
Jews Intellectual life 20th century
;
Zionism and Judaism
;
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983
;
Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971
;
Rawidowicz, Simon, 1897-1957
;
Jews
;
Identity
;
History
;
20th century
;
Jews
;
Intellectual life
;
20th century
;
Zionism and Judaism
;
Zionismus
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Religionsphilosophie
;
Politische Theorie
;
Geschichte 1920-1940
;
Kaplan, Mordecai M. 1881-1983
;
Kohn, Hans 1891-1971
;
Ravidovits, Shimeon 1897-1957
;
Zionismus
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=30924
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