| Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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The modern Jewish experience
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Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Note |
Cover title appears on paper binding only. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Today, Zionism is understood as a national movement whose primary historical goal was the establishment of a Jewish state. However, Zionism's association with national sovereignty was not foreordained. Zionism and the Roads Not Taken uncovers the thought of three key interwar Jewish intellectuals who defined Zionism's central mission as challenging the model of a sovereign nation-state: historian Simon Rawidowicz, religious thinker Mordecai Kaplan, and political theorist Hans Kohn. Although their models d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983.
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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983. |
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Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971.
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Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971. |
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Rawidowicz, Simon, 1897-1957.
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Rawidowicz, Simon, 1897-1957. |
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Jews -- Identity -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews -- Identity. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Jews -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Jews -- Intellectual life. |
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Zionism and Judaism.
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Zionism and Judaism. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Cover Title |
Zionism & the roads not taken |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pianko, Noam. Zionism and the roads not taken. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010 9780253354556 (DLC) 2009051590 (OCoLC)419823948 |
| ISBN |
9780253004307 (electronic book) |
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0253004306 (electronic book) |
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1282663283 |
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9781282663282 |
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9780253354556 |
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0253354552 |
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9780253221841 |
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0253221846 |
| Standard No. |
9786612663284 |
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