Sovereign Jews : Israel, Zionism, and Judaism /

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Author / Creator:Yadgar, Yaacov, author.
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
©2017
Description:1 online resource (vii, 279 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Zionism.
Zionism and Judaism.
Jews -- Identity -- History.
Jews -- Politics and government.
Jews -- Israel -- Identity -- History.
National characteristics, Israeli.
Sovereignty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Civilization.
Jews -- Identity.
Jews -- Politics and government.
National characteristics, Israeli.
Sovereignty.
Zionism.
Zionism and Judaism.
Israel -- Civilization.
Israel.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11910068
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ISBN:9781438465357
1438465351
9781438465333
1438465335
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2020).
Summary:The question of Jewish sovereignty shapes Jewish identity in Israel, the status of non-Jews, and relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews, yet its consequences remain enigmatic. Yaacov Yadgar highlights the shortcomings of mainstream discourse and offers a novel explanation of Zionist ideology and the Israeli polity. Yadgar argues that secularism's presumed binary pitting religion against politics is illusory. He shows that the key to understanding this alleged dichotomy is Israel's interest in maintaining its sovereignty as the nation-state of Jews. This creates a need to mark a majority of the population as Jews and to distinguish them from non-Jews. Coupled with the failure to formulate a viable alternative national identity (either "Hebrew" or "Israeli"), it leads the ostensibly secular state to apply a narrow interpretation of Jewish religion as a political tool for maintaining a Jewish majority.
Other form:Print version: Yadgar, Yaacov. Sovereign Jews. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017] 9781438465333
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