Sasson Sofer

Zionism and the Foundations of Israeli Diplomacy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Historical reconstruction of the origins of Zionist ideology demonstrating its influence on Israeli politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 901g
• ISBN-13: 9780521630122
• ISBN-10: 0521630126
• Artikelnr.: 31199470

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Glossary
Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Ideas and the course of history
2. Israeli society and politics before Independence
3. A remarkable and terrible decade
Part II. Appearances and Reality: 4. The political world of the founding fathers
5. The vicissitudes of hegemony
6. The revolutionary maximalists
7. The reluctant vanguard
8. The lost avant-garde
9. The Communists - in captivity
Part III. The Fallacies of Realpolitik: 10. Jabotinsky and the Revisionist tradition
11. The revolt
12. The mysticism of realism
Part IV. Sectarian Interests and a Façade of Generality: 13. The General Zionists
14. The farmers and the Sephardi notables
Part V. God's Dispositions: 15. Religious natlionalism
16. Religious orthodoxy and the cult of separateness
Part VI. The Boundaries of the Intelligentsia: 17. Canaanites and Semites
18. Magnes, Buber and Ihud (Unity)
19. The divided heritage: Israel's diplomatic tradition
Notes
Index.