The Meaning of Israel : Anti-Zionism and Philo-Zionism in the Postwar Left

• Autore: Borgen Gjerde Asmund
• Pubblicazione: 2025; Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2025; ©2026
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Nonfiction; History
• Classificazione: HIS010000HIS037030HIS054000
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Meaning of Israel
• ISBN: 1-04-040336-0; 1-003-54284-0; 1-04-040337-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911011829303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Modern History Series