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Auteur(s) : Olson, Jess
Titre(s) : Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity [Texte imprimé] : architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and orthodoxy / Jess Olson
Publication : Stanford, Calif. : Stanford university press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-390 pages) : fac-sim., portr. ; 24 cm
Collection : Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Lien à la collection : Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Comprend : Discovering the nation ; New conflicts, new directions ; Rupture and renaissance
; The eastward gaze ; The origins of an orthodox ideologue ; At home in the fold
; The final ascent.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 363-374. Index
"This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known
figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum. Now remembered mainly for his coinage of
the word "Zionism," Birnbaum was a towering figure in early Jewish nationalism. Because
of his unusual intellectual trajectory, however, he has been written out of Jewish
history. In the middle of his life, in the depth of World War I. Birnbaum left his
venerable position as a secular Jewish nationalist for religious orthodoxy, an unheard
of decision in his time. To the dismay of his former colleagues, he adopted a life
of strict religiosity and was embraced as a leader in the young, growing world of
orthodox political activism in the interwar period, one of the most successful and
powerful movements in interwar central and eastern Europe. Jess Olson brings to light
documents from one of the most complete archives of Jewish nationalism, the Nathan
and Solomon Birnbaum Family Archives, including materials previously unknown in the
study Zionism, Yiddish-based Jewish nationalism, and the history of Orthodoxy. This
book is an important meditation on the complexities of Jewish political and intellectual
life in the most tumultuous period of European Jewish history, especially of the interplay
of national, political, and religious identity in the life of one of its most fascinating
figures."--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Birnbaum, Nathan (1864-1937)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-8047-7873-2. - ISBN 0-8047-7873-6 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44225128n
Notice n° :
FRBNF44225128
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