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Author Rosenstein, Marc, 1946- author.

Title Contested utopia : Jewish dreams and Israeli realities / Marc J. Rosenstein.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press; Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Use This Book for Discussion -- Part 1 -- 1. The Eternal Quest for Utopia -- 2. Paradise Lost, Remembered, and Promised -- 3. Utopia, Apocalypse, Messiah -- Part 2 -- 4. A Torah Society -- 5. Holy Community -- 6. A National Home -- 7. Statehood and Power -- 8. Enlightenment and Normalization -- 9. Promised Borders -- 10. A Model of Social Justice -- Part 3 -- 11. Visions in Collision -- 12. A Utopian Travel Blog -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary The first volume to examine the Jewish state through the lens of Jewish utopian thought from its biblical beginnings to modernity, Contested Utopia illuminates a kaleidoscope of conflicting utopian visions influencing Israel.
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Subject Zionism and Judaism.
Zionism and Judaism.
Utopias -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Utopias -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Zionism -- History.
Zionism.
History.
Israel -- History.
Israel.
HISTORY / Middle East / Israel.
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: Rosenstein, Marc, 1946- Contested utopia. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press; Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, 2021 9780827614727 (DLC) 2020031223 (OCoLC)1164827609
ISBN 9780827618657 (electronic book)
0827618654 (electronic book)
9780827618633 (epub)
0827618638 (epub)
9780827618640 (mobi)
0827618646 (mobi)
9780827614727
0827614721