Nathan Rotenstreich 
Zionism [PDF ebook] 
Past and Present

In Zionism, the late Nathan Rotenstreich traces the dialectical connections between Zionism’s past and present based on his contention that the Jewish nation comprises both the State of Israel and the Diaspora. He also addresses relations between both Israel and the Diaspora, on the one hand, and Israel and the Arab world, on the other. Written a short time before Rotenstreich’s death, Zionism can be regarded as his spiritual and ideological legacy.

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Foreword



An ‘Inside Intellectual’: Remarks on the Public Thought of Nathan Rotenstreich


Avi Bareli and Yossef Gorny



1. Return and Modernity



2. Activity and the Present



3. Aspects of Renaissance



4. The Negation of the Diaspora



5. The Values of Israeli Society



6. Toward a Reformulation of Zionist Ideology



Afterword


Shlomo Avineri



Nathan Rotenstreich on Issues Related to the Holocaust



Appendix


Ephrat Balberg-Rotenstreich



The Individual and Personal Responsibility



The Holocaust as a Unique Historical Event



Index

Sobre el autor

Nathan Rotenstreich (1914–1993) was Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and his works include
Order and Might, also published by SUNY Press,
Jews and German Philosophy: The Polemics of Emancipation, and
On Faith.