The Invention of the Jewish People - Rilegato

Sand, Shlomo

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ISBN 10: 1844674223 ISBN 13: 9781844674220

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2009

Riassunto

A leading Israeli historian evaluates the national myth of the Jewish exile from the promised land by the Romans in first century AD, arguing that the myth had its origins in the nineteenth century, rather than biblical times, when he asserts Jewish historians reconstituted an imagined people in order to model a future nation.

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Recensione:

"Shlomo Sand has written a remarkable book. ..Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary Middle East should read this book." -- Tony Judt "..a formidable polemic against claims that Israel has a moral right to define itself as an explicitly and exclusively Jewish society, in which non-Jews, such as Palestino-Israelis, are culturally and politically marginalised." --Max Hastings, Sunday Times

"Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People (Verso) is both a welcome and, in the case of Israel, much needed exercise in the dismantling of nationalist historical myth and a plea for an Israel that belongs equally to all its inhabitants. Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don t change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark." -- Eric Hobshawm, Observer, Books of the year "A string of firecrackers." --Stephen Howe, Independent, Book of the Week

"Sand takes on a formidable tradition in claiming that moral validity in the Middle East needs good history, and no discussion of the region any longer seems complete without acknowledgement of his book." -- Independent on Sunday, Best History Books of 2009 "An important book one that hammers another nail into Zionism's ideological coffin." -- Tony Greenstein, Weekly Worker "[Sand's] quiet earthquake of a book is shaking historical faith in the link between Judaism and Israel." --Rafael Behr, Observer

L'autore:

Shlomo Sand studied history at the University of Tel Aviv and at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, in Paris. He currently teaches contemporary history at the University of Tel Aviv. His books includeThe Invention of the Jewish People, On the Nation and the Jewish People,L’Illusion du politique: Georges Sorel et le débat intellectuel 1900, Georges Sorel en son temps,Le XXe siècle à l’écran and Les Mots et la terre: les intellectuels en Israël.

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• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844674223
• ISBN 13: 9781844674220
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 332