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Theodor Herzl: From Europe to Zion

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In 2004 the one-hundredth anniversary of Theodor Herzl's death was commemorated throughout the world. The myth of Herzl, as it has developed over the last century, has perhaps become more important than the historical figure. This volume contains revised and expanded essays, which were originally delivered as lectures at international Herzl centennial conferences in Antwerp, London, and Jerusalem. Topics treated include the Herzl myth, Herzl's nationalism and Zionism, his self-understanding and image, his authorship of comedies and philosophical tales, Herzl and Africa, as well as his reception in Israeli and other literature. Zweig films are also considered within this same context.

List of contents

Introduction - Robert S. Wistrich: Theodor Herzl: Between Myth and Messianism. Denis Charbit: Herzl's Nationalism: Is it Ethnic or Civic? Jacques Kornberg: Theodor Herzl: Zionism as Personal Liberation.
Benno Wagner: Leaders 1904. Masaryk - Herzl - Kafka. Michael Berkowitz: Re-Imagining Herzl and other Zionist Sex Symbols. Eitan Bar-Yosef: A Villa in the Jungle: Herzl, Zionist Culture, and the Great African Adventure. Daniel Hoffmann: "Dieses schlicht verschwiegene Bekenntnis". Gustav G. Cohen, ein unbekannter Freund Theodor Herzls. Jacob Golomb: Transfiguration of the Self in Herzl's Life and in his Literary Fiction. Klaus Hödl: Theodor Herzl and the Crisis of Jewish Self-Understanding. Bernhard Greiner: "What Will People Say?" Herzl as Author of Comedies. Vivian Liska: A Vision out of Sight. Theodor Herzl's Late Philosophical Tales. Mark H. Gelber: The Life and Death of Herzl in Jewish Consciousness: Genre Issues and Mythic Perspectives. Frank Stern: Der Wandernde Jude - Herzl und der Zionismus auf der Leinwand. Na'ama Rokem: Making Use of Prose: The Politics of Genre in Theodor Herzl and H. N. Bialik: Gershon Shaked: Mythic Figure or Flesh and Blood? The Literary Reception of Herzl in Hebrew Poetry and in Nathan Bistritzki's "The Secret of Birth". Anat Feinberg: "Mein Kampf": George Tabori's Subversive Herzl Variation. List of Contributors. Index

About the author

Mark H. Gelber, geboren in New York, Studium an Universitäten in USA, Deutschland, Frankreich, Österreich, Israel. Seit 1980 an der Ben-Gurion Universität, Beer Sheva (Israel) tätig. Gastforscher bzw. Gastprofessur in USA, Österreich, Slowenien, Neuseeland, Belgien, Deutschland. Seit 2007 Leiter des Zentrums für österreichische und deutsche Studien, Beer Sheva. Veranstaltete zwei internationale Stefan Zweig Kongresse in Israel, sowie initiierte und mitorganisierte den ersten internationalen Stefan Zweig Kongress in Salzburg, 1992.

Vivian Liska, geb. 1956 ist Professorin für Neuere Deutsche Literatur und Direktorin des Instituts für Jüdische Studien an der Universität Antwerpen. Veröffentlichungen u.a. Giorgio Agambens leerer Messianismus (2008).

Report

"Die Herausgeber nutzten [das] große wissenschaftliche Interesse vorbildlich und es entstand ein ausgewogenes Kompendium, das neue Aspekte der Zionismusforschung mit bekannteren Themen verbindet."
Ulrich Bach in: Modern Austrian Literature 42.2/2009

Product details

Assisted by Mark H. Gelber (Editor), Mar H Gelber (Editor), Mark H Gelber (Editor), Liska (Editor), Liska (Editor), Vivian Liska (Editor)
Publisher Niemeyer, Tübingen
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2007
 
EAN 9783484651678
ISBN 978-3-484-65167-8
No. of pages 250
Dimensions 155 mm x 21 mm x 230 mm
Weight 507 g
Series Conditio Judaica
Conditio Judaica
ISSN
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies

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