Theodor Herzl [electronic resource] : from assimilation to Zionism / Jacques Kornberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kornberg, Jacques, 1933-

Series:

Jewish Literature and Culture

Jewish literature and culture

Jewish literature and culture Theodor Herzl

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zionists--Austria--Biography.

Zionists.

Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904.

Herzl, Theodor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 240 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood figure. A great book." -Bernard Avishai"Excellent... a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon." -Michael Marrus"Other biographers... have illuminated aspects of [Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zionist and why he was literally consumed with promoting Zionist goals." -Cithara"With compassion and critical balance, placing his subject well within his Austrian milieu, Kornberg analyzes Herzl's rhetoric, tergiversations, and profound ambivalence over his politics and identity."-Choice"... a masterful display of the sources... " -American Historical Review"... stimulating, provocative and agreeably iconoclastic... powerful and compelling." -German HistoryA novel and provocative explanation of Theodor Herzl's founding of Zionism as a way of resolving his personal crisis over his Jewish identity.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-234) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-07562-4

0-253-11259-1

9786612075629

0-585-27820-2

OCLC:

45730275