Zionism: Past and Present

by Nathan Rotenstreich

Overview

In Zionism, the late Nathan Rotenstreich traces the dialectical connections between Zionism's past and present based on his contention that the Jewish nation comprises both the State of Israel and the Diaspora. He also addresses relations between both Israel and the Diaspora, on the one hand, and Israel and the Arab world, on the other. Written a short time before Rotenstreich's death, Zionism can be regarded as his spiritual and ideological legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791479759
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	02/01/2012
Series:	SUNY series in Jewish Philosophy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	831 KB

About the Author

Nathan Rotenstreich (1914–1993) was Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and his works include Order and Might, also published by SUNY Press, Jews and German Philosophy: The Polemics of Emancipation, and On Faith.

Table of Contents

Foreword

An "Inside Intellectual": Remarks on the Public Thought of Nathan Rotenstreich
Avi Bareli and Yossef Gorny

1. Return and Modernity

2. Activity and the Present

3. Aspects of Renaissance

4. The Negation of the Diaspora

5. The Values of Israeli Society

6. Toward a Reformulation of Zionist Ideology

Afterword
Shlomo Avineri

Nathan Rotenstreich on Issues Related to the Holocaust

Appendix
Ephrat Balberg-Rotenstreich

The Individual and Personal Responsibility

The Holocaust as a Unique Historical Event

Index