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Return to the Promised Land.

The Birth and Philosophical Foundations of Zionism

by Jacek Surzyn (Author) Jan Burzyński (Commentaries)
©2020 Monographs 216 Pages

Summary

The book analyses the ideological and philosophical basis of Zionism, i.e. how Zionism solved the most important problems of Jews in the last decades of the 19th century: the problem of assimilation, the philosophical principles of national identity, the idea of self-liberation and the conception of the Jewish state. Another problem discussed in this book is how the religious idea of "Return to Zion" became both philosophical and political goals. All considerations are based on the analysis of the source texts of the protagonists and founders of Zionism (Hess, Pinsker, Herzl and Nordau). Zionism is also shown in the perspective of its strength and weakness, as well as its importance for Jewishness in general.

Details

Pages
216
Publication Year
2020
ISBN (PDF)
9783631818930
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631818947
ISBN (MOBI)
9783631818954
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631812952
DOI
10.3726/b16828
Language
English
Publication date
2020 (May)
Keywords
Zionism Political philosophy Nation Racism Anti-Semitism Emancipation Israel Herzl Nordau Pinsker Moses Hess Judaism Jew
Published
Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2020. 216 pp.

Biographical notes

Jacek Surzyn (Author) Jan Burzyński (Commentaries)

Jacek Surzyn is a Polish philosopher, author and translator and professor at Jesuit University Ignatianum in Kraków (Poland). He researches the ontology, theology and political philosophy of Judaism and Zionism. He also translates philosophical and political texts. As a publicist, he is engaged in the issues of Palestinian-Israeli conflict and modern anti-Semitism.

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