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The Quest for Utopia - Jewish Political Ideas and Institutions Through the Ages (Hardcover, New)
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The Quest for Utopia - Jewish Political Ideas and Institutions Through the Ages (Hardcover, New)
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This exploration of the Jewish political tradition elucidates a
long, rich, and diverse experience of both sovereignty and
dispersed statelessness. It holds insights, as Zvi Gitelman points
out in his introductory chapter, for anyone interested comparative
and ethnic politics, Jewish history, and the prehistory of
contemporary Israeli politics. Stuart Cohen analyzes the "covenant
idea" and the constitutional character of ancient Israel, which had
a profound influence on Western political thought through the
medium of the Bible. Gerald Blidstein examines rabbinic strategies
for accommodation to the realities of Jewish dispersion in the
middle Ages, while Robert Chazan focuses on communal authority and
self-governance in the same period. Jonathan Frankel and Paula
Hyman move the study into modern times with attempts to
characterize the diverse patterns of Jewish political culture and
activity in different parts of Europe, in the process revealing the
dynamics of political cultural influence. Finally, Peter Medding
looks at the "new politics" of contemporary American Jews - as
voters, as public officials, and as organizational actors.
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