Awards
- Winner of 1994 National Jewish Honor Book.
Overview
An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood figure. A great book."" -Bernard Avishai Excellent... a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon."" -Michael Marrus Other biographers... have illuminated aspects of [Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zionist and why he was literally consumed with promoting Zionist goals."" -Cithara With compassion and critical balance, placing his subject well within his Austrian milieu, Kornberg analyzes Herzl's rhetoric, tergiversations, and profound ambivalence over his politics and identity.""-Choice ... a masterful display of the sources... "" -American Historical Review ... stimulating, provocative and agreeably iconoclastic... powerful and compelling."" -German History A novel and provocative explanation of Theodor Herzl's founding of Zionism as a way of resolving his personal crisis over his Jewish identity.
Full Product Details
Author: Jacques Kornberg
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9780253332035
ISBN 10: 0253332036
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 22 November 1993
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood figure. A great book. Bernard Avishai Excellent ... a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon. Michael Marrus Other biographers ... have illuminated aspects of [Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zionist and why he was literally consumed with promoting Zionist goals. Cithara With compassion and critical balance, placing his subject well within his Austrian milieu, Kornberg analyzes Herzl's rhetoric, tergiversations, and profound ambivalence over his politics and identity. Choice ... a masterful display of the sources ... American Historical Review ... stimulating, provocative and agreeably iconoclastic ... powerful and compelling. German History
"""An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood figure. A great book."" Bernard Avishai ""Excellent ... a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon."" Michael Marrus ""Other biographers ... have illuminated aspects of [Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zionist and why he was literally consumed with promoting Zionist goals."" Cithara ""With compassion and critical balance, placing his subject well within his Austrian milieu, Kornberg analyzes Herzl's rhetoric, tergiversations, and profound ambivalence over his politics and identity."" Choice "" ... a masterful display of the sources ... ""American Historical Review "" ... stimulating, provocative and agreeably iconoclastic ... powerful and compelling."" German History"
Author Information
JACQUES KORNBERG teaches history at the University of Toronto. The author of articles on German intellectual history and on Zionism, he is editor of At the Crossroads: Essays on Ahad Ha-Am.
