Theodor Herzl : from Europe to Zion / edited by Mark H. Gelber and Vivian Liska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelber, Mark H., 1951-

Liska, Vivian, 1956-

Series:

Conditio Judaica, 0941-5866 ; 67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zionism--Congresses.

Zionism.

Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904--Congresses.

Herzl, Theodor.

Physical Description:

vi, 250 p.

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Max Niemeyer, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dieser Band besteht aus 16 Beiträgen. Sie sind revidierte und erweiterte Fassungen der Vorträge, die 2004 im Rahmen internationaler Tagungen über Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) gehalten wurden, um seines hundertsten Todestages zu gedenken. Der Schwerpunkt des Bandes liegt auf literarischen und kulturpolitischen Fragestellungen zu Herzl sowie auf Themen, die mit der Rezeption seiner Werke sowie seiner Persönlichkeit zu tun haben. Andere Themen, die in diesem Buch diskutiert werden, sind u.a. Herzl zwischen Mythos und Messianismus, Herzls Nationalismus, Herzl und Afrika, Herzl als Dramatiker, Herzl im Film sowie die Herzl-Rezeption in Israel und in Europa.

In 2004 the one-hundredth anniversary of Theodor Herzl’s death was commemorated throughout the world. The myth of Herzl, as it has developed over the last century, has perhaps become more important than the historical figure. This volume contains revised and expanded essays, which were originally delivered as lectures at international Herzl centennial conferences in Antwerp, London, and Jerusalem. Topics treated include the Herzl myth, Herzl’s nationalism and Zionism, his self-understanding and image, his authorship of comedies and philosophical tales, Herzl and Africa, as well as his reception in Israeli and other literature. Zweig films are also considered within this same context.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction / Liska, Vivian / Gelber, Mark H. / Sheva, Beer

Theodor Herzl: Between Myth and Messianism / Wistrich, Robert S.

Herzl's Nationalism: Is it Ethnic or Civic? / Charbit, Denis

Theodor Herzl: Zionism as Personal Liberation / Kornberg, Jacques

Leaders 1904. Masaryk - Herzl - Kafka / Wagner, Benno

Re-Imagining Herzl and other Zionist Sex Symbols / Berkowitz, Michael

A Villa in the Jungle: Herzl, Zionist Culture, and the Great African Adventure / Bar-Yosef, Eitan

»Dieses schlicht verschwiegene Bekenntnis«. Gustav G. Cohen, ein unbekannter Freund Theodor Herzls / Hoffmann, Daniel

Transfiguration of the Self in Herzl's Life and in his Fiction / Golomb, Jacob

Theodor Herzl and the Crisis of Jewish Self-Understanding / Hödl, Klaus

»What Will People Say?« Herzl as Author of Comedies / Greiner, Bernhard

A Vision out of Sight. Theodor Herzl's Late Philosophical Tales / Liska, Vivian

The Life and Death of Herzl in Jewish Consciousness: Genre Issues and Mythic Perspectives / Gelber, Mark Η.

Der Wandernde Jude - Herzl und der Zionismus auf der Leinwand / Stem, Frank

Making Use of Prose: The Politics of Genre in Theodor Herzl and Η. N. Bialik / Rokem, Na'ama

Mythic Figure or Flesh and Blood? The Literary Reception of Herzl in Hebrew Poetry and in Nathan Bistritzki's »The Secret of Birth« / Shaked, Gershon

Mein Kampf. George Tabori's Subversive Herzl Variation / Feinberg, Anat

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Revised papers from conferences held in 2004 in Antwerp and Israel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110936056

3110936054

OCLC:

979629633