State of shock : the kibbutz in Israel from avant-garde to fetish, 1948-1955 / Lior Libman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Libman, Lior, 1979- author.

Series:

Jewish culture and contexts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kibbutzim--Psychological aspects.

Kibbutzim.

Kibbutzim--Political aspects.

Kibbutzim--Social aspects.

Zionism--Israel--History--20th century.

Zionism.

Israel--Politics and government--1948-1967.

Israel.

Israel--History--1948-1967.

Physical Description:

viii, 242 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Through an exploration of the imagery of the kibbutz in the stormy transition into Israeli statehood, the book argues that the establishment of the State of Israel was a trauma that destabilized the kibbutz's deepest conceptual ground and shifted its history, turning it, politically and culturally, from avant-garde to fetish"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction. Mind the gap

Part I. "Fulfillment" shattered. Hagshama : the political theology of the kibbutz

A clash of theo-political models : the kibbutz and the state

Part II. Rupture and shock. Land and state : "this new state is an abortive state"

The dissolution of the palmach : "who said that our song has ended?"

The 1948 war : "what a horrific contradiction!"

State mechanism's control : "the kibbutz is [still] the main road"

The orientation toward the Soviet Union : "onward to the yearned shore".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781512826661

1512826669

OCLC:

1468980565