ISBN:
9781608012428
Language:
English
Pages:
225 Seiten
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Studies in Central European history, culture & literature
DDC:
943.605092
Keywords:
Kreisky, Bruno
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Statesmen Biography
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Jews Identity
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Jewish politicians Biography
;
Socialists Biography
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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Arab-Israeli conflict Influence 1973-1993
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Austria Politics and government 1945-
;
Austria Biography
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Biografie
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Kreisky, Bruno 1911-1990
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Israel
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Judentum
;
Zionismus
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Geschichte
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Kreisky, Bruno 1911-1990
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Österreich
;
Innenpolitik
;
Außenpolitik
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
The personal and professional life of Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), Austria's long-serving Socialist chancellor from August 1970 to May 1983, has been the focus of many books and articles. However, his ambiguous and complex relationship to his Jewishness, the State of Israel, and Zionism, as well as his connections to his overall political project and global aspirations, remain only partially researched. This book studies and analyzes these more systematically and comprehensively and places Kreisky in a comparative perspective with other twentieth-century European Jewish politicians who attained similar pinnacles of power. At the same time, the book will show that Bruno Kreisky was among the most influential and controversial political leaders since World War II. The book revolves around understanding and illuminating the myriad ways in which Kreisky's Jewishness was – or was not – a formative factor in his treatment of "Jewish" questions within Austrian politics, Austrian-Israeli relations, and his active engagement in Middle Eastern affairs. This deeper understanding mainly emerges through examining Kreisky's actions during several pivotal events like the Kreisky-Peter-Wiesenthal affair, the Waldheim affair, the 1973 Marchegg incident, and his overall relationship to Zionism, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian Arab world. This book is not a comprehensive biography of Kreisky. Instead, it attempts to document and place Kreisky's fraught engagement with his Jewishness and the related sensitive issues that touched upon it in a historical, political, ideological, and personal context. This mainly comes down to the entangled and always-ambiguous politics of identity, especially his understanding of his Jewishness.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface by Günter Bischof -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Chapter 2: Kreisky's Jewishness in historical context -- Bruno Kreisky : Jewishness and life in Vienna -- Identity and complexity : Kreisky's Jewishness -- Chapter 3: Kreisky and the Austrian "victim's doctrine" -- The Austrian "victim's doctrine" -- Kreisky and the Austrian "victim's doctrine" -- Kreisky and antisemitism in Austria -- Chapter 4: Political scandals The Kreisky-Peter-Wiesenthal affair -- The Waldheim affair -- Chapter 5: Kreisky and the 1973 Marchegg incident -- Background to Marchegg incident -- Jewish immigration through Austria -- Kreisky and Jewish immigration -- Terrorism in Austria -- Kreisky's anti-terrorism policy -- Kreisky's decision to close the Schönau transit camp -- The politics and symbolism of identity : Bruno KReisky meets Golda Meir -- Kreisky, Schönau, and the international community -- Post-Schönau : Kreisky and the continuation of Jewish immigration through Austria -- Israeli reactions to the Schönau incident -- Austrian reactions to the Schönau incident -- The Austrian Jewish community's reaction to Kreisky and the Schönau incident -- Marchegg and the Yom Kippur War -- Planned deception? -- Kreisky and the Yom Kippur War : the scandal of knowledge and inaction -- Marchegg as a significant historical event -- Chapter 6: Kreisky, Zionism, Israel, and the Palestinian Arab world -- Identity and complexity : Kreisky's relationship to Zionism and Israel -- Kreisky and Israeli leaders -- Bruno and Paul Kreisky : a surprising fraternal interlude -- Kreisky, Israel, the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Kreisky the visionary -- Kreisky and other Jewish politicians -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
Note:
Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 211-225
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