Beyond Zion : the Jewish territorialist movement /
Almagor, Laura,
Beyond Zion : the Jewish territorialist movement / Laura Almagor. - 1 online resource - The Littman library of Jewish civilization . - Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jewish political and cultural behaviour during the first half of the twentieth century comes to the fore in this portrayal of a forgotten movement with contemporary relevance. Commencing with the Zionist rejection of the Uganda proposal in 1905, the Jewish Territorialist Movement searched for areas outside Palestine in which to create settlements of Jews. This study analyses the Territorialists' ideology and activities in the Jewish context of the time, but their thought and discourse also reflect geopolitical concerns that still have resonance today in debates about colonialist attitudes to peoplehood, territory, and space. As the colonial world order rapidly changed after 1945, the Territorialists did not abandon their aspirations in overseas lands. Instead, in their attempts to find settlement solutions for Europe's 'surplus' Jews, they moved from negotiating predominantly with the European colonizers to negotiating also with the ever more powerful non-Western leaders of decoloni...
9781802070743 1802070745
22573/ctv2kc6dmq JSTOR
Freeland League.
1900-1999
Zionism--History--20th century.
Jews--Territorialism.
Jews--Migrations--History--20th century.
Jews--Migrations.
Jews--Territorialism.
Zionism.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
History.
DS149 / .A6777 2022
320.54095694
Beyond Zion : the Jewish territorialist movement / Laura Almagor. - 1 online resource - The Littman library of Jewish civilization . - Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jewish political and cultural behaviour during the first half of the twentieth century comes to the fore in this portrayal of a forgotten movement with contemporary relevance. Commencing with the Zionist rejection of the Uganda proposal in 1905, the Jewish Territorialist Movement searched for areas outside Palestine in which to create settlements of Jews. This study analyses the Territorialists' ideology and activities in the Jewish context of the time, but their thought and discourse also reflect geopolitical concerns that still have resonance today in debates about colonialist attitudes to peoplehood, territory, and space. As the colonial world order rapidly changed after 1945, the Territorialists did not abandon their aspirations in overseas lands. Instead, in their attempts to find settlement solutions for Europe's 'surplus' Jews, they moved from negotiating predominantly with the European colonizers to negotiating also with the ever more powerful non-Western leaders of decoloni...
9781802070743 1802070745
22573/ctv2kc6dmq JSTOR
Freeland League.
1900-1999
Zionism--History--20th century.
Jews--Territorialism.
Jews--Migrations--History--20th century.
Jews--Migrations.
Jews--Territorialism.
Zionism.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
History.
DS149 / .A6777 2022
320.54095694