The Zionist mind: the origins and development of Zionist thought.

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Small 8vo, 218 pp. English text, biblio., index, copy new and in mint condition. The Zionist Mind traces the origins of the Zionism against the background of the Jewish Enlightenment in the nineteenth century. It also examines the discontinuities between Zionism as a modernizing ideology and traditional Judaism as a system of region piety, analyzing the cultural tensions and problems of identity engendered by the confrontation of two radically different approaches to Jewish existence and being. The latter chapters explore the various issues raised by the establishment of the Jewish State, emphasizing the course of Arab-Jewish relations and the interaction of conflicting views on Israel in Jewish and non-Jewish circles. In its entirely, "The Zionist Mind" introduces a fresh perspective on the ideological dynamics surrounding the creation of Israel and provides an important set of guidelines for future study.