The Zionist Ideology (Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)
This outstanding new study by Shimoni (contemporary Jewry, Hebrew Univ.) explores and analyzes Zionist ideology. Part 1 deals with the social origins of Zionism, from the development of Jewish nationalism to Zionism's religious and intellectual precursors. Part 2, the heart of the book, consists of a detailed analysis of general Zionism as exemplified by Theodor Herzl and Max Simon Nordau, national-religious Zionism and its inherent tension between the messianic and the political, the labor Zionism of A.D. Gordon, Ben Gurion and the pioneer movement, and, finally, revisionist Zionist as it was promulgated by Vladimir Jabotinsky and shaped by its right wing. Part 3 examines two issues that Zionists, particularly in Israel, still contend with: secular Jewish identity and the right to the land. Comprehensive in the breadth and depth of its analysis and exemplary in its methodology, this book takes its place with other seminal studies of Zionism: Arthur Hertzber's The Zionist Idea (1959), Shlomo Avineri's The Making of Modern Zionism (1981), and Walter Laqueur's A History of Zionism (1976). All libraries should consider adding this to their collection.?Robert A. Silver, formerly with Shaker Heights P.L., OhioCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.