Theodor Herzl: the charismatic leader

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a masterful new biography of Theodor Herzl by an eminent historian of Zionism  The life of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) was as puzzling as it was brief. How did this cosmopolitan and assimilated European Jew become the leader of the Zionist movement? How could...

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Main Author: Penslar, Derek Jonathan 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven London Yale University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Penslar, Derek Jonathan, 1950-, Theodor Herzl] (2021) (Olson, Jess)
Series/Journal:Jewish lives
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Herzl, Theodor 1860-1904 / Zionism
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Zionists (Austria) Biography
B Zionism
B BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
B Jews (Austria) Biography
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Summary:From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a masterful new biography of Theodor Herzl by an eminent historian of Zionism  The life of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) was as puzzling as it was brief. How did this cosmopolitan and assimilated European Jew become the leader of the Zionist movement? How could he be both an artist and a statesman, a rationalist and an aesthete, a stern moralist yet possessed of deep, and at times dark, passions? And why did scores of thousands of Jews, many of them from traditional, observant backgrounds, embrace Herzl as their leader? Drawing on a vast body of Herzl's personal, literary, and political writings, historian Derek Penslar shows that Herzl's path to Zionism had as much to do with personal crises as it did with antisemitism. Once Herzl devoted himself to Zionism, Penslar shows, he distinguished himself as a consummate leader-possessed of indefatigable energy, organizational ability, and electrifying charisma. Herzl became a screen onto which Jews of his era could project their deepest needs and longings.About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award.More praise for Jewish Lives: "Excellent." - New York times "Exemplary." - Wall St. Journal "Distinguished." - New Yorker "Superb." - The Guardian
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Becoming Theodor Herzl -- 2. Our Man in Paris -- 3. The Organizational Genius -- 4. Reaching for the Stars -- 5. If You Will It, It Is Still a Dream -- Epilogue: The View from Mount Herzl -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:0300182503
Access:restricted access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.12987/9780300182507