zionism

Max Sawicky sawicky at bellatlantic.net
Fri Jul 13 12:29:51 PDT 2001


Herzl was all you say, but I think it's wrong to reduce zionism the movement, a diverse and evolving thing, to Herzl's machinations.

At the simplest level, rank and file zionists don't know from imperialism. They support a homeland. Connected, but with a big difference.

mbs

Mat:

Edward Said stresses the importance of imperialist ideology in seeking the intellectual origins of Zionism. Anti-Jewish prejudice may have motivated Zionism, but the founders (all European) took the form, language, style, and philosophy of their movement from European imperialist ideology. Thus the non-European world was seen as backward, uncivilized, etc.

The essence of Zionism emerged before Herzl (the father of political zionism).



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