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Beyond Political Messianism
David C. Jacobson
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Description for Beyond Political Messianism
A group of second generation religious Zionist West Bank settlers have turned away from the collectivist political messianic ideology of the first generation of settlers. This title tells the story of how they revolutionized the religious Zionist settler culture by moving poetry writing into the mainstream of that culture. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 572.
In recent decades, a group of second generation religious Zionist West Bank settlers have turned away from the collectivist political messianic ideology of the first generation of settlers and have begun to explore poetry as a mode of individual self expression. Based on interviews of eight key figures in this new trend and an analysis of fifty works by these poets, "Beyond Political Messianism: The Poetry of the Second Generation of Religious Zionist Settlers" tells the story of how they revolutionised the religious Zionist settler culture by moving poetry writing into the mainstream of that culture, and how they introduced ... Read more
In recent decades, a group of second generation religious Zionist West Bank settlers have turned away from the collectivist political messianic ideology of the first generation of settlers and have begun to explore poetry as a mode of individual self expression. Based on interviews of eight key figures in this new trend and an analysis of fifty works by these poets, "Beyond Political Messianism: The Poetry of the Second Generation of Religious Zionist Settlers" tells the story of how they revolutionised the religious Zionist settler culture by moving poetry writing into the mainstream of that culture, and how they introduced ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Israel: Society, Culture, and History
Number of Pages
292
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781934843727
SKU
V9781934843727
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About David C. Jacobson
David C. Jacobson (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles) is Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University. His publications include Creator, Are You Listening?: Israeli Poets on God and Prayer (Indiana University Press, 2007); Modern Midrash: The Retelling of Traditional Jewish Narratives by Twentieth-Century Hebrew Writers (State University of New York Press, 1987); Does David Still Play Before You?: Israeli ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Political Messianism
"In lucid writing and armed with depths of understanding and knowledge, David C. Jacobson leads his reader into an exploration of Jewish thought rooted in the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook and his son Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook and their disciples. Against this background, Jacobson explains the framework of the new poetic phenomenon which has grown at the very ... Read more