The returns of Zionism : myths, politics and scholarship in Israel /

The returns of Zionism : myths, politics and scholarship in Israel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piterberg, Gabriel, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Verso, 2008.
Subjects:
Zionism > History.
Zionism > History > Sources.
Jews > Colonization > Palestine.
Table of Contents:
  • The sovereign settler versus the conscious pariah : Theodor Herzl and Bernard Lazare
  • The Zionist colonization of Palestine in the comparative context of settler colonialism
  • The foundational myth of Zionism : politics, ideology and scholarship
  • Myth and history on Mount Scopus
  • Gerhard-Gershom Scholem's return to history
  • The Bible, the Nakba and Hebrew literature
  • The Bible of an autochthonous settler : Ben-Gurion reads the Book of Joshua.