Political Theologies in the Holy Land : Israeli Messianism and its Critics

ISBN-13: 9780415491686 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 208 str.

David Ohana

Opis

This book examines the role of messianism in Zionist ideology from the birth of the movement through to the present. Is shows how messianism is not just a religious or philosophical term but a very tangible political practice that has shaped Israeli identity.

The author explores key issues such as:

• the difference between transcendental messianism and promethean messianism
• the disparity between the political ideology and political practice in the history of Israel
• the evolution of the messianic idea in the actions of David Ben-Gurion
• the implications of political theology and the presence of messianic ideas in the Israel politics

This book will be particularly relevant for students and scholars of Political Science, modern intellectual history, Israel studies, Judaism and messianism.

Spis treści

1. The Rise of Secular Messianism  2. David Ben-Gurion and the Messianic Idea  3. J. L. Talmon, Gershom Scholem and the Price of Messianism  4. Isaiah Leibowitz and the Critique of Canaanite Messianism  5. Israel Eldad and the Nietzschian Hebrew Messianism  6. The Critique of Political Theology

O autorze

David Ohana is Professor of Modern European History at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He was a visiting fellow at the Centre for European Studies at Harvard University and the first academic director of the Forum for Mediterranean Cultures at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His books include The Promethean Passion, The Rage of the Intellectuals and the trilogy The Nihilist Order.