The Need for West
Hans Kohn and the North Atlantic Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10073970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adi Gordon (The Department of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati), Ади Гордон (University of Cincinnati, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-57 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009410383297 |
| OpenAlex | W2082608493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In the writing of historian Hans Kohn (1891—1971) East and West were never geographic locations, but rather geographic metaphors. They were ideas, which served as his major tool of analysis throughout his career: in Habsburg Prague as a young spiritual Zionist; in Jerusalem in the 1920s as a ‘bi-national Zionist’; as comparative historian of nationalism as of the second world war; and finally as an American Cold Warrior. This article situates the evolution of Kohn’s notions of East and West in a primarily Jewish context, and toward a Cold War horizon. It also seeks to illuminate the genealogy of the ideas he propagated as a notable purveyor of Cold War ideology, particularly the need for a ‘New West’
Ancient history · Archaeology · Cold war · Context (archaeology · Horizon · Ideology · Judaism · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Zionism · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |