1st Edition
The Quest for Utopia Jewish Political Ideas and Institutions Through the Ages
By Zvi Y. Gitelman
Copyright 1992
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This exploration of the Jewish political tradition elucidates a long, rich, and diverse experience of both sovereignty and dispersed statelessness. It holds insights, as Zvi Gitelman points out in his introductory chapter, for anyone interested comparative and ethnic politics, Jewish history, and the prehistory of contemporary Israeli politics. Stuart Cohen analyzes the "covenant idea" and the... Read more
Introduction, Comparative Politics and the Jewish Political Experience, Kings, Priests, and Prophets, Patterns of Constitutional Discourse and Constitutional Conflict in Ancient Israel, "Ideal" and "Real" in Classical Jewish Political Theory, From the Talmud to Abrabanel, Medieval Jewish Political Institutions, The Foundations of Their Authority, Modern Jewish Politics East and West (1840-1939), Utopia, Myth, Reality, Was There a "Jewish Politics" in Western and Central Europe? The "New Jewish Politics" in the United States
Biography
Zvi Gitelman is professor of political science and Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
