In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea pdf

Michael Brenner 是以色列研究的 Seymour 和 Lillian Abensohn 主席，也是非盟以色列研究中心的主任。他在哥伦比亚大学获得博士学位，之前曾在印第安纳大学和布兰代斯大学任教。自 1997 年以来，他一直担任慕尼黑路德维希-马克西米利安大学的犹太历史和文化教授。他曾在海法、巴黎、布达佩斯、维也纳、斯坦福、伯克利和约翰霍普金斯等多所大学担任访问学者。 布伦纳教授是美国犹太研究院的巴伐利亚科科学院选举，以及曼图纳的Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana。他是 Leo Baeck 德国犹太历史研究所的国际主席，并在许多学术委员会任职，包括柏林犹太博物馆、以色列研究所、海法大学欧洲研究中心，并担任董事会主席耶路撒冷希伯来大学 Franz Rosenzweig 研究中心的研究人员。他的九本书已被翻译成十种语言，包括《寻找以色列：一个思想的历史》；犹太人简史；过去的先知：犹太历史的解释者；犹太复国主义：简史；德国魏玛犹太文化的复兴，大屠杀之后：在战后德国重建犹太人的生活和他即将在希特勒的慕尼黑：犹太人、反犹太主义和纳粹主义的兴起。他是四卷本《现代德国犹太历史》的合著者，并因此获得了国家犹太图书奖，并编辑了 19 本书。 布伦纳教授于 2014 年被授予德意志联邦共和国功绩勋章。 2020 年，他是首个获得 Salo W. 和 Jeannette M. Baron 奖的犹太人经验研究卓越学术奖。 迈克尔·布伦纳 (Michael Brenner) 在国际媒体上广泛发表文章，包括《华盛顿邮报》、《以色列时报》和《明镜》。他的声音经常在 PBS 和国际广播电台和电视台听到。

In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea pdf 迈克尔·布伦纳

Many Zionists who advocated the creation of a Jewish state envisioned a nation like any other. Yet for Israel's founders, the state that emerged against all odds in 1948 was anything but ordinary. Born from the ashes of genocide and a long history of suffering, Israel was conceived to be unique, a model society and the heart of a prosperous new Middle East. It is this paradox, says historian Michael Brenner--the Jewish people's wish for a homeland both normal and exceptional--that shapes Israel's ongoing struggle to define itself and secure a place among nations. In Search of Israel is a major new history of this struggle from the late nineteenth century to our time. When Theodor Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress in 1897, no single solution to the problem of normalizing the Jewish people emerged. Herzl proposed a secular-liberal New Society that would be home to Jews and non-Jews alike. East European Zionists advocated the renewal of the Hebrew language and the creation of a distinct Jewish culture. Socialists imagined a society of workers' collectives and farm settlements. The Orthodox dreamt of a society based on the laws of Jewish scripture. The stage was set for a clash of Zionist dreams and Israeli realities that continues today. Seventy years after its founding, Israel has achieved much, but for a state widely viewed as either a paragon or a pariah, Brenner argues, the goal of becoming a state like any other remains elusive. If the Jews were the archetypal other in history, ironically, Israel--which so much wanted to avoid the stamp of otherness--has become the Jew among the nations.