The road to modern Jewish politics : political tradition and political reconstruction in the Jewish community of tsarist Russia / Eli Lederhendler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lederhendler, Eli.

Series:

Studies in Jewish history

Studies in Jewish history.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Russia--History--19th century.

Jews.

Haskalah.

Politics and government.

Russia.

History.

Jews--Europe, Eastern--Politics and government.

Haskalah--Russia.

Russia--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations.

Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Jews--Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 240 pages ; 22 cm.

regular print

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

It was not until the emergence of the ideologies of Zionism and Socialism at the end of the last century that the Jewish communities of the Diaspora were perceived by historians as having a genuine political life. In the case of the Jews of Russia, the pogroms of 1881 have been regarded as the watershed event which triggered the political awakening of Jewish intellectuals. Here Lederhendler explores previously neglected antecedents to this turning point in the history of the Jewish people in the first scholarly work to examine concretely the transition of a Jewish community from traditional to post-traditional politics.

Contents:

The Medieval Legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Kahal

The Breakup of the Super-Kehilla System in Poland

The Mask of Quietism and the Politics of Survival

A Dual Role: Maskilim and the Russian State

Toward Political Reconstruction: Russian Maskilim and the Modernization of Jewish Politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish History, Winner, 1990

Local Notes:

Acc.# 205119

ISBN:

0195058917

9780195058918

OCLC:

18383164

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