"The People Do Not Understand": R. Ḥayim Hirschensohn and Political Elitism in Modern Judaism (The Vilna Gaon, Rabbi N.Ts.Y. Berlin, I. B. Levinsohn, and Herzl)
Rabbi Ḥayim (Chaim) Hirschensohn (1857-1935) was one of only a handful of Jewish thinkers to work out a Jewish political theology, and on account of his progressive stances he became a favorite of liberal circles within contemporary Judaism. Therefore, a passage in his book Malki Bakodesh, in which...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Harvard theological review
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 115, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 441-465 |
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Hirshenzon, Ḥayim 1857-1935
/ Levinsohn, Isaac Baer 1788-1860
/ Herzl, Theodor 1860-1904
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Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | ΒΗ Ιουδαϊσμός ΗΒ Παλαιά Διαθήκη NCD Πολιτική Ηθική TJ Νεότερη Εποχή ΤΚ Σύγχρονη Εποχή ZC Πολιτική |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Misnagdism
B political elitism B Ḥayim (Chaim) Hirschensohn B Zionism B Haskalah B Halakhic democracy B Jewish political theology |
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Σύνοψη: | Rabbi Ḥayim (Chaim) Hirschensohn (1857-1935) was one of only a handful of Jewish thinkers to work out a Jewish political theology, and on account of his progressive stances he became a favorite of liberal circles within contemporary Judaism. Therefore, a passage in his book Malki Bakodesh, in which he expresses clear opposition to universal suffrage, "invited" mitigating interpretations. Yet, a survey of Hirschensohn’s various writings reveals that they contain a trend of political elitism. Is this surprising? Hirschensohn’s progressiveness notwithstanding, the article argues that his elitist sentiments are rooted in three major intellectual trends within modern Judaism: Mitnagdism, Haskalah, and Zionism. In the writings of seminal thinkers in each of these movements, we find political elitism and reservations about government "by the people." Hirschensohn’s personal history positioned him at the confluence of these trends, and so his elitist opinions should be viewed as the outgrowth of these intellectual traditions. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816022000268 |