Shlomo Fischer

Expressivist Religious Zionism (eBook, ePUB)

Modernity and the Sacred in a Nationalist Movement

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a new approach to the study of Religious Zionism, and argues that Religious Zionism is a romantic religious nationalist movement in which the modern idea of self-expression forms its philosophical core. This book will appeal to researchers and students of religious nationalism, Jewish studies, Israel and the Middle East.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040216255
• Artikelnr.: 72247033

Autorenporträt

Shlomo Fischer taught in the School of Education of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem until his retirement. He is now a Senior Fellow, Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), Jerusalem and Area Head, Sociology and Jewish Identity. He has published extensively on the intersection of religion, politics, and social class in Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Expressivist Religious Zionism: An introduction
2 The origins of expressivism in the Religious Zionist community: National identity and the Torah Regime
3 R Kook's religious philosophy as expressivist thought
4 The institutionalization of expressivist Religious Zionism
5 The general will and the divine state
6 Illegalism and loyalty to the state from Sebastia to the Disengagement
7 The individualist turn: Personal religion and the religious meaning of literature, art, and sex
8 Neo-Hasidism, apocalyptic radicalism, and the recognition of the Other
9 The political sphere: The judicial reform and the Iron Swords War
10 Concluding reflections