One of the most important texts of early Zionism. Theodor Herzl expresses his vision of a future Jewish state.
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a book more people should read:
This book (pamphlet really) is something more people should be reading.
Why do people still read mein kampf or marx, but not even mention this? It's right up there with those works in explaining the most important events of the 20th century. Definitely worth your time to read.
A key historical document:
First published in 1896, this book gave rise to modern Zionism. Given the impact of the Middle East situation on the planet, this book should be read by everyone to better understand the world we live in today. For me, two things stand out from the book. Firstly, the "internalisation" of anti-semitism (see "Causes of Anti-Semitism" on page 23) whereby Herzl himself accepts (in my view quite wrongly) that European anti-semitism is inevitable due to certain characteristics of the Jews. Secondly, although... more info
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In this review I refer to this edition,from Filiquarian Publishing,only. Without question this document has extreme historical and philosophical importance. Everyone who has an interest in the history of Zionism, Israel, Jewish migration and development, or even just a general interest in sociology or economics should have a copy in their library. But not this edition! It is so rife with typographical errors, misspellings, dropped words and such that it is often unreadable. An hour or two's work by a copy... more info
The Bible of Zionism:
This book is the basis of how the state Israel should be created according to the end of the 19th century "Wiener" Theodor Herzl.
In fact many of his considerings were used to create the zionist state Israel, except his idealistic and visionary view where Palestinians (Filistines originally from the Greek island Philistos) were given "a piece of the cake": jews and Palestinians were considered in his opinion to live peacefully and happy together in this "altneuland" or"aviv".
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