Discovering the Depths Within: Kook's Zionism and the Philosophy of Life of Henri Bergson

This article reexamines Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook’s (1865–1935) approach to Zionism, by proposing a reading of Kook’s Zionism through the lens of the Lebensphilosophie (The Philosophy of Life) of the French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859–1941). I show that we can clarify Kook’s view of freed...

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Main Author: Amati, Ghila (Author)
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Philosophy of Life
B Philosophy of life
B Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook
B Jewish settlements
B Jewish nationalism
B Land of Israel
B authentic self
B Freedom
B Religious Zionism
B Creativity
B Henri Bergson
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