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- Jews and Diaspora Nationalism: Writings on Jewish Peoplehood in Europe and the United States
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
- Series: Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry & The Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought
summary
The question of how to preserve, construct or transform Jewish peoplehood consumed Jewish intellectuals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Despite a rich array of writing from Jewish nationalists, liberals, and socialists about the vitality of Jewish existence in the diaspora, the key works have never been collected in a single volume, and few reliable English translations exist. This anthology brings together a variety of thinkers who offered competing visions of peoplehood within the established and developing Jewish diaspora centers of Europe and America. Writing in Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew, French, and English, these Jewish intellectuals sought to recast Jewish existence, whether within multiethnic empires, liberal democracies, or socialist forms of government, in national terms. Volume editor Simon Rabinovitch provides an introductory essay, as well as short introductions and annotations to each document that contextualize and make accessible this wealth of primary sources for scholars and students.
Table of Contents
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- Title page, Copyright Page
- pp. iii-iv
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- Part I: From Haskala to National Renaissance
- 1. The Eternal People
- pp. 3-22
- Part II: Socialism and the Question of Jewish Peoplehood
- 6. The Worldwide Jewish Nation
- pp. 105-124
- 7. Jewish Autonomy Yesterday and Today
- pp. 125-139
- Part III. Preservation and Reconstruction in the Republics
- 10. The Future of Judaism
- pp. 169-181
- 11. A Basis for Jewish Consciousness
- pp. 182-188
- 12. What Is Jewish Tradition?
- pp. 189-202
- 14. Epilogue: Jerusalem and Babylon
- pp. 217-232
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- pp. 233-238
- Translation Credits
- p. 239
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611683622
Related ISBN(s)
9781584657613, 9781584657620
MARC Record
OCLC
820732287
Pages
294
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012