The Jewish state
Subtitle: the struggle for Israel's soul
By: Yoram Hazony
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780465029013
Subjects: Politics and government; Post-Zionism; Jews; POLÍTICA E GOVERNO; Joden; Culturele identiteit; Zionism; Zionisme; JUDEUS; Nationale identiteit; IDENTIDADE CULTURAL; Identity; History
Description: The author describes the cultural and political revolt by Israeli cultural leaders against Israel's legal and moral standing as the state of the Jewish people.
Notes: "An New Republic book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Jewish State Doesn't Live Here Anymore -- xv -- Chapter 1; title: The Culture Makers Renounce the Idea of the Jewish State -- 3 -- Chapter 2; title: The Political Struggle for a Post-Jewish State -- 39 -- Chapter 3; title: An Introduction to the History of the Jewish State -- 77 -- Chapter 4; title: Theodor Herzl's "Jewish State" Versus Rousseu's Social Contract -- 81 -- Chapter 5; title: Herzl As Statesman: The Creation of a Jewish State of Mind -- 117 -- Chapter 6; title: The Desperados -- 157 -- Chapter 7; title: Martin Buber and the Rejection of the Jewish State -- 181 -- Chapter 8; title: The German Intellectuals and the Founding of the Hebrew University -- 195 -- Chapter 9; title: The Intellectuals' Assault and Ben-Gurion's Response, 1929-1939 -- 209 -- Chapter 10; title: The Professors' Struggle Against the Jewish State, 1939-1948 -- 235 -- Chapter 11; title: Ben-Gurion's Jewish State and Buber's Dissent, 1948-1961 -- 267 -- Chapter 12; title: The Incubator: The Hebrew University, 1948-1961 -- 285 -- Chapter 13; title: The Triumph of the Intellectuals -- 307; title: Epilogue: The Specter of David Ben-Gurion -- 323 -- Appendix; title: Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel -- 341; title: Archives Consulted-- 345.