Zion and State: Nation, Class and the Shaping of Modern Israel

Cohen, Mitchell

ISBN 10: 0631152431 / ISBN 13: 9780631152439

Published by B. Blackwell, 1987

About this Item

Gift inscribed by author on end page. Analysis of the struggle between left and right within the Zionist movement and the state of Israel. Examines the emergence of, and the fierce struggle to shape, a modern, sovereign Jewish politics. A few minor creases & edge tears on jacket, otherwise in nice condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zion and State: Nation, Class and the Shaping of Modern Israel
• Publisher: B. Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631152431
• ISBN 13: 9780631152439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

"Zion and State" presents an analysis of the struggle between left and right within the Zionist movement and the state of Israel. Focusing on the relation of nation, state and class, Mitchell Cohen examines the emergence of, and the fierce struggle to shape, a modern, sovereign Jewish politics. Cohen explains the intellectual origins and ideological differences between Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky, and shows how the transformation of the Labour Party's conception of the Jewish State from its original concept, made it vulnerable to the strident nationalism and stratification of economic classes of the late 1970s, something which played into the Herut's hands.

About the Author

Asher Cohen is Professor of History at the University of Haifa.