Modern Gnosis and Zionism: The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought

Modern Gnosis and Zionism: The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought
ISBN-10
0415624398
ISBN-13
9780415624398
Category
History
Pages
274
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Yotam Hotam

Description

This book explores the connections between Zionism and Life Philosophy, and argues that Life Philosophy represents a modern secularized version of gnostic dualism between God and world, and that this was a particular secular impulse that lay at the core of the Zionist political mission. Consisting of two main sections, the book first shows the manner in which Life Philosophy should be understood as a modern, secularized, gnostic theology, before concluding by discussing its political Zionist interpretation.

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