{"product_id":"9780253112590","title":"Theodor Herzl: From Assimilation to Zionism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood\u003cbr\u003e figure. A great book.\" -- Bernard Avishai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent...\u003cbr\u003e a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon.\" -- Michael\u003cbr\u003e Marrus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Other biographers... have illuminated aspects of\u003cbr\u003e [Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography\u003cbr\u003e that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths\u003cbr\u003e of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zionist\u003cbr\u003e and why he was literally consumed with promoting Zionist goals.\" --\u003cbr\u003e Cithara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With compassion and critical balance, placing his\u003cbr\u003e subject well within his Austrian milieu, Kornberg analyzes Herzl's rhetoric,\u003cbr\u003e tergiversations, and profound ambivalence over his politics and identity.\"Â  --\u003cbr\u003e Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... a masterful display of the sources... \" --\u003cbr\u003e American Historical Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... stimulating, provocative and\u003cbr\u003e agreeably iconoclastic... powerful and compelling.\" -- German\u003cbr\u003e History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel and provocative explanation of Theodor Herzl's\u003cbr\u003e founding of Zionism as a way of resolving his personal crisis over his Jewish\u003cbr\u003e identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067911651568,"sku":"9780253112590","price":20.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112590_p0.jpg?v=1763680869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}