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Invention of a Nation, the
Alain Dieckhoff
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Paperback. In this analysis of the processes by which the Zionist idea was realised, Alain Dieckhoff examines the ways in which the competing factions of Zionism negotiated the formation of the Jewish State. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 402.
The vulnerability which is the lot of any nation without a state was experienced in a particularly extreme way by the Jews. With the destitution and persecution of many Jewish communities in the 19th century, especially in Eastern Europe, Jews demanded a solution to their uprootedness. This required a state. Alain Dieckhoff recounts the tortuous ordeal through which the Jews reacted to the challenge of modernity. While some contributed to the development of capitalism and put their talents at the service of the Western European states, others threw themselves into revolutionary movements. Yet others imagined ways of "re-nationalising" Jews by ... Read more
The vulnerability which is the lot of any nation without a state was experienced in a particularly extreme way by the Jews. With the destitution and persecution of many Jewish communities in the 19th century, especially in Eastern Europe, Jews demanded a solution to their uprootedness. This required a state. Alain Dieckhoff recounts the tortuous ordeal through which the Jews reacted to the challenge of modernity. While some contributed to the development of capitalism and put their talents at the service of the Western European states, others threw themselves into revolutionary movements. Yet others imagined ways of "re-nationalising" Jews by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850655954
SKU
V9781850655954
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About Alain Dieckhoff
Alain Dieckhoff is a Research Fellow at CERI, Paris.
Reviews for Invention of a Nation, the
'In this extremely interesting book, Dieckhoff has claimed Zionism as a serious rationalist ideology.' -Colin Schindler, Fellow in Israeli Studies, SOAS