The Rise of Modern Jewish Politics

Extraordinary Movement
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-11863-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Religion

The path toward modern Jewish politics, a process that required a dramatic reconstruction of Jewish life, may have emerged during a far earlier time frame and in a different geographic and cultural context than has previously been thought. Drawing upon current sociological understanding of social movements, this book places the 1827 organized protest in London as an integral part of a transnational social movement continuum—similar to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements—that waxed and waned throughout the 19th century. From its early origins in London in 1827, to Montefiore’s gallant style of leadership in the Middle East, to the rise of the "Mourning March" and street processions of the early twentieth-century, and then on to the civil disobedience of the 1980s, the movement evolved, shifted its contentious center from England to the United States, and adapted to a dramatically altered post-Holocaust environment. This multifaceted and often fractious campaign was never monolithic by nature and was often rife with internal disputes. It ran the gamut between stirring accomplishments and mobilizations that fell far short of expectations. Any attempt to view the lengthy series of international protests as a steady progression of liberality and advancement would be at odds with a far more ambiguous reality.

The Rise of Modern Jewish Politics argues that the numerous protest insurgences strengthened Jewish participation in the public sphere and further defined a public political culture. While the movement certainly evolved through the decades, the core values that first arose in London were retained during the course of several contentious cycles that later surfaced both in Britain and the United States. This book utilizes an innovative interpretive framework to formulate a new paradigm of how Jews entered the modern world. The struggle for Jewish rights remains one of the most enduring social movements in modern history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Monaco, C. S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1: ‘The Extraordinary Movement’ 1. Movement Origins 2. ‘To Rise and Shew Ourselves Men’ Part 2: The Damascus Affair 3. Blood Libel 4. Mansion House and Beyond Part 3: The Mortara Affair 5. ‘A Mighty Outcry Resounds’ 6. Toward Unity Part 4: Romanian Pogroms 7. ‘A Scandal to Civilization’ Part 5: Russian Crises 8. ‘A Crisis in Jewish History’ 9. The Kishinev Massacre Epilogue Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

C.S. Monaco is a Research Associate in the Department of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has published articles in Jewish Social Studies, the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, and Southern Jewish History. His research interests include modern Jewish history, Jewish Atlantic studies, social movements, and Diaspora studies.