Ofer Idels

Embodying the Revolution

The Hebrew Experience and the Globalization of Modern Sports in Interwar Palestine

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Produktbeschreibung

In this insightful interpretation of Zionism, Ofer Idels reveals that, while Hebrew culture often celebrated strong "muscular Jews," it distanced itself from modern sports during the interwar years. Embodying the Revolution fills a gap in the literature on the globalization of the sporting spectacle and explores how Zionist revolutionary ideals challenge neoliberal views of ideology as an elitist myth.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781978844452
• ISBN-10: 197884445X
• Artikelnr.: 72895452

Autorenporträt

OFER IDELS is the Jenny Belzberg Postdoctoral Fellow at Calgary University, Canada. He is the author of Zionism: Emotions, Language and Experience.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Introduction
1          Teaching Nordau to Play Soccer: Gymnastics and Sports Before and
After World War
2          Competing in Hebrew: Revolutionary Language and the Sporting
Presence
3          “Keep Away from the Prima Donnas”:  Hebrew Purpose and the
Athletic Body
4          “The Whole World Will Know Our Answer”: Sports,
Internationalism, and the Jewish Return to History
5          “We Have to Learn to Sacrifice Everything”: Militarism and the
Zionist Desire for a Useful Experience
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index