The focus of the book is not about the land of israel, in fact, herzl is indifferent to the jewish state being in palestine or in argentina. Herzls famed book reads more like a manual to colonize a land the way christians had but for jews, than a jewish national liberation movement. Theodor herzl began advocating a jewish state as the political solution for both. Several articles and books advocating the zionist idea had appeared beginning in the 1840s, and small zionist groups such as hovevei tzion lovers of zion had begun recruiting immigrants to palestine, but no group had a coherent plan or modern ideology.
Although brilliant and it is cited throughout the literature as a cornerstone of all such works, it is, nevertheless, filled with, well, limitations, herzl. Herzl read eugen duhrings book the jewishproblem as a problem of race. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The project gutenberg ebook of the jewish state, by theodor herzl. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the jewish state jewish, judaism. The jewish state theodore herzl 1896 the ideological. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Other articles where the jewish state is discussed.
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