Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681864 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amnon |
| FAMILY NAME | Raz-Krakotzkin |
| SIGNATURE | RAZ-KRAKOTZKIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religion and Nationalism in the Jewish and Zionist Context
This chapter explores the relationship between secularism, nationalism, and religion in relation to Zionism. It maintains the centrality of the political-theological aspect in defining and forming the Israeli state, insisting that it is the theological with its apocalyptic dimension that stands at the heart of the definition of Israel as a Jewish state. It argues that to discuss Jews and Zionism in the context of religion and nationalism means to…
The Zionist Return to the West and the Mizrahi Jewish Perspective
Orientalism, Jewish Studies and Israeli Society
One of the claims that was voiced in the debate over Edward Said’s book Orientalism was that the author ignored German Orientalist research. This essay does not discuss this claim itself, but rather uses this debate as a starting point for investigating different aspects of Israeli consciousness. Indeed, German Orientalism was not directly connected to colonialist activity, but it encompassed the discourse regarding the relation between Germany a…
Secularism, the Christian Ambivalence Toward the Jews, and the Notion of Exile
Jewish Memory between Exile and History
Jewish Memory between Exile and History Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Senior Lecturer In his book Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi notes that the writing of Jewish history necessarily means the negation of what he describes as "traditional Jewish memory," namely the consciousness of those whom such a historiography is supposed to represent: "To the degree that this historiography is indeed 'modern' and demands to be taken …
Anidjar
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmnon Raz-KrakotzkinAmnon Raz-Krakotzkin is a senior lecturer in the Department of Jewish History, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel. He is the author of the forthcoming Exile and Binationalism: A Critique of Zionist Perception of History
The Censor as a Mediator
Binationalism and Jewish Identity
This chapter argues that binationalism was the necessary conclusion of the analysis of anti-Semitism, the nation-state, and colonialism, the issues discussed in The Origins of Totalitarianism. Seen thus, the rights and perspective of the Palestinians were an integral part of the discussion of Jewish rights and self-definition and of the vision of Jewish political emancipation. At the same time, it was an approach that challenged dominant modern p…
The Golem of Scholem - Messianism and Zionism in the Writings of Rabbi Avraham Isaac HaKohen Kook and Gershom Scholem
Jewish Memory between Exile and History
Jewish Memory between Exile and History Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Senior Lecturer In his book Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi notes that the writing of Jewish history necessarily means the negation of what he describes as "traditional Jewish memory," namely the consciousness of those whom such a historiography is supposed to represent: "To the degree that this historiography is indeed 'modern' and demands to be taken …
The Golem of Scholem - Messianism and Zionism in the Writings of Rabbi Avraham Isaac HaKohen Kook and Gershom Scholem
Binationalism and Jewish Identity
This chapter argues that binationalism was the necessary conclusion of the analysis of anti-Semitism, the nation-state, and colonialism, the issues discussed in The Origins of Totalitarianism. Seen thus, the rights and perspective of the Palestinians were an integral part of the discussion of Jewish rights and self-definition and of the vision of Jewish political emancipation. At the same time, it was an approach that challenged dominant modern p…
The Censor as a Mediator
Anidjar
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmnon Raz-KrakotzkinAmnon Raz-Krakotzkin is a senior lecturer in the Department of Jewish History, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel. He is the author of the forthcoming Exile and Binationalism: A Critique of Zionist Perception of History
Jewish Memory between Exile and History
Jewish Memory between Exile and History Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Senior Lecturer In his book Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi notes that the writing of Jewish history necessarily means the negation of what he describes as "traditional Jewish memory," namely the consciousness of those whom such a historiography is supposed to represent: "To the degree that this historiography is indeed 'modern' and demands to be taken …
Secularism, the Christian Ambivalence Toward the Jews, and the Notion of Exile
Orientalism, Jewish Studies and Israeli Society
One of the claims that was voiced in the debate over Edward Said’s book Orientalism was that the author ignored German Orientalist research. This essay does not discuss this claim itself, but rather uses this debate as a starting point for investigating different aspects of Israeli consciousness. Indeed, German Orientalism was not directly connected to colonialist activity, but it encompassed the discourse regarding the relation between Germany a…
The Zionist Return to the West and the Mizrahi Jewish Perspective
Religion and Nationalism in the Jewish and Zionist Context
This chapter explores the relationship between secularism, nationalism, and religion in relation to Zionism. It maintains the centrality of the political-theological aspect in defining and forming the Israeli state, insisting that it is the theological with its apocalyptic dimension that stands at the heart of the definition of Israel as a Jewish state. It argues that to discuss Jews and Zionism in the context of religion and nationalism means to…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (9 works) · Judaism (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Theology (7 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)