Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust (Hardcover)

Nathan A. Kurz charts the fraught relationship between Jewish internationalism and international rights protection in the second half of the twentieth century. For nearly a century, Jewish lawyers and advocacy groups in Western Europe and the United States had pioneered forms of international rights protection, tying the defense of Jews to norms and rules that aspired to curb the worst behavior of rapacious nation-states. In the wake of the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel, however, Jewish activists discovered they could no longer promote the same norms, laws and innovations without fear they could soon apply to the Jewish state. Using previously unexamined sources, Nathan Kurz examines the transformation of Jewish internationalism from an effort to constrain the power of nation-states to one focused on cementing Israel's legitimacy and its status as a haven for refugees from across the Jewish diaspora.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Human Rights in History
Release date:	November 2020
Authors:	Nathan A. Kurz
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-83492-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
LSN:	1-108-83492-2
Barcode:	9781108834926

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