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Author Hever, Hannan, author.

Title Hasidism, Haskalah, Zionism : chapters in literary politics / Hannan Hever
Edition First edition
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (247 pages)
Series Jewish culture and contexts
Jewish culture and contexts.
Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1. Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav's journey to the Land of Israel -- Chapter 2. Isaac Erter's anti-Hasidic satires and the Watchman for the House of Israel -- Chapter 3. Isaac Erter's anti-Hasidic satire "Hasidut ve-Hokhmah" -- Chapter 4. The politics of the Hasidic story in the Russian Empire -- Chapter 5. The politics of Sefer Hasidim by Micha Yosef Berdichevsky -- Appendix. Isaac Erter, "The plan of the watchman" -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary "Hasidism, Haskalah, Zionism reveals how political and literary dialogues and conflicts between the Hebrew literature of the Hasidism, the Jewish Enlightenment, and Zionism interacted with each other in the nineteenth century. Author Hannan Hever uses post-colonial theories and theories of nationality to analyze how Jews used literature to tackle the "The Jewish Question," and set forth their own ideas and preferences regarding their status, control, and treatment as European Jews. In doing so, Hever theorizes the Enlightenment's intellectual aims and cultural influences, tracking how the models of integration crucial to Haskalah gave way to Jewish nationalism in the twentieth century. The readings in this book are theoretically informed, setting forward claims based on detailed textual analyses of Hasidic tales, Haskalah satires, and Zionist narratives. Thus, this book tackles a major interpretative problem visible at the core of modern Hebrew literature - its radical difficulty in distinguishing between the theological components of modern Jewish discourse and its national identity"-- Provided by publisher
Notes "Originally published in Hebrew as Hasidut, Haskalah, Zionut : Perakim be-Politikah sifrutit, by Bar-Ilan University Press 2021. English translation copyright ©2023 University of Pennsylvania Press"--title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Hasidim -- Legends.
Haskalah.
Hasidism.
Hasidim -- Legends -- History and criticism
Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism
Zionism in literature.
Zionism.
Hasidism.
HISTORY / Jewish
Hasidim
Hasidism
Haskalah
Hebrew literature, Modern
Zionism
Zionism in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Legends
Form Electronic book
Author Translation of: Hever, Hannan. Ḥasidut, Haśkalah, Tsiyonut
ISBN 9781512825084
1512825085
Other Titles Ḥasidut, Haśkalah, Tsiyonut. English