03623nam 22005173 450 991101182930332120250802110044.01-04-040336-01-003-54284-01-04-040337-9(MiAaPQ)EBC32077132(Au-PeEL)EBL32077132(CKB)39567919500041(ODN)ODN0012073110(OCoLC)1526861230(EXLCZ)993956791950004120250705d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Meaning of Israel Anti-Zionism and Philo-Zionism in the Postwar Left1st ed.2025Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,2025.©2026.1 online resource (243 pages)Routledge Studies in Modern History Series1-03-289433-4 Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- From Marx to Corbyn and Omar -- Politics of historical explanation -- Norway as a case study -- Civilisation and the Jewish Imperial Turn -- Outline of the book -- 2. Anti-Zionism and the Pro-Zionist Turn, 1933-47 -- The absence of pro-Zionism -- The first pro-Zionist -- A fragile and threatened civilisation -- Pro-Zionism and threatened civilisation -- Conclusion -- 3. Learning to Accept Jews and Fear Arabs, 1946-49 -- Barbarian Arabs -- Solving the 'Jewish Problem' -- Victory and doubt -- Conclusion -- 4. The Philo-Zionist Turn, 1949-55 -- An accident and its aftermath -- Martin Tranmæl in Israel -- Less socialism, more civilisation -- Better civilisation through Israel -- Overcoming Jewish difference -- Conclusion -- 5. No Conspiracy: From Suez to the Eichmann Trial, 1956-61 -- Suez -- The conspiracy theory -- Why idealisation continued -- Eichmann -- Conclusion -- 6. The Emergence of Scepticism: Orientering, Decolonisation, and the Six-Day War, 1959-67 -- Scepticism in Orientering -- Two generations in Orientering -- Scepticism in Arbeiderbladet -- The Six-Day War -- Conclusion -- 7. The Emergence of Anti-Zionism in the New Left, 1965-68 -- Before the Six-Day War -- Immediate responses to the Six-Day War -- Implicit anti-Zionism -- Explicit anti-Zionism -- The essence of Israel -- Conclusion -- 8. New Left Anti-Zionism in Context: '1968' and Civilisation -- Fanon in Bryn-Hellerud -- Georg Johannesen and the Porsgrunn Maoists -- The 'populist' revolt in SF -- The Vietnam movement -- Maoism -- Conclusion -- 9. Beyond National Peculiarities -- European pro-Zionism and philo-Zionism -- American pro-Zionism and philo-Zionism -- European anti-Zionism -- American and North African anti-Zionism -- Index.The Meaning of Israel argues that left ideas about Zionism and Israel have been inextricably intertwined with ideas about civilization. Post-war social democrats used ideas about Zionism and Israel to assuage their anxiety about the future of civilization, and to reaffirm the viability of this very concept.Routledge Studies in Modern History SeriesNonfictionOverDriveHistoryOverDriveNonfiction.History.HIS010000HIS037030HIS054000bisacshBorgen Gjerde Asmund1831753MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911011829303321The Meaning of Israel4404615UNINA