Zvi Y Gitelman

The Quest for Utopia

Jewish Political Ideas and Institutions Through the Ages

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This exploration of the Jewish political tradition elucidates a long, rich and diverse experience of both sovereignty and dispersed statelessness, holding insights for anyone interested in comparative and ethnic politics, Jewish history, and the prehistory of contemporary Israeli politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781563240614
• ISBN-10: 1563240610
• Artikelnr.: 22266421

Autorenporträt

Zvi Gitelman is professor of political science and Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Comparative Politics and the Jewish Political Experience
Kings
Priests
and Prophets
Patterns of Constitutional Discourse and Constitutional Conflict in Ancient Israel
"Ideal" and "Real" in Classical Jewish Political Theory
From the Talmud to Abrabanel
Medieval Jewish Political Institutions
The Foundations of Their Authority
Modern Jewish Politics East and West (1840-1939)
Utopia
Myth
Reality
Was There a "Jewish Politics" in Western and Central Europe? The "New Jewish Politics" in the United States