This volume contains the first broad selection of essays made
available in English by Ber Borochov, one of the leading
intellectuals of the early Zionist movement. Borochov founded the
Labor Zionist party in 1906, and was the pillar of the Israeli
Labor party from whose ranks arose such figures as David Ben-Gurion
and Itzhak Ben-Tsvi. He is best remembered for his ability to
synthesize socialism and nationalism.
Borochov argues that early Marxist theory failed to understand
the causes of nationalism and views it only as a temporary
phenomenon. Borochov tried to synthesize socialism with Jewish
nationalism. Zionism was a movement necessary to free oppressed
Eastern European Jews and permit them to further socialist ideals
in their own nation-state. The dilemma is that socialist
internationalism requires national culture to be of no further
value once a socialist victory occurs in a country. Borochov's
essays provide an important, if largely unknown perspective on
these questions.
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