Going Down to the Sea
David Ben-Gurion's Maritime Turn and Jewish Migrations to Mandatory Palestine, 1933-1948
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4790961 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Björn Siegel (0000-0002-1213-7261, Akademie der Polizei Hamburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 125 |
| Pages | 129-146 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista crítica de ciências sociais/Revista crítica de ciências sociais (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0254-1106 • E-ISSN: 2182-7435 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/rccs.12215 |
| OpenAlex | W3203663777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article analyzes the original essay “Going Down to the Sea” by David Ben-Gurion, written in 1937. The article studies the historical context of Ben-Gurion’s maritime proclamation and discusses the Zionist Organization’s increasing interest in the sea as a place of power and influence. It demonstrates how a Jewish conquest of the sea influenced the Jewish national movement in general and Labor Zionism in specific. Moreover, it also shows how Zionists propagated a legitimate and national claim to the land and sea of Palestine and counterbalanced Arab and British narratives which questioned free Jewish immigration to the country. Thus, the article examines the Jewish maritime turn which gained influence after the publication of Ben-Gurion’s essay and affected the discourses on Jewish migration to Mandatory Palestine
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Economic history · Immigration · Judaism · Literature · Mandatory Palestine · Narrative · Palestine · Political science · Proclamation · Zionism · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society
Envisioning a Jewish Maritime Space
Globalization, Architecture, and Town Planning in a Colonial City
Zionism’s Maritime Revolution
Muscular Judaism
Geschichte des Zionismus
Jewish Salonica
Tel Aviv
The Formation of the “Hebrew Sea” in Pre‐state Israel
The reluctant seafarers
Jewish migration in modern times
The Test of Maritime Sovereignty
The 1925 Master Plan for Tel-Aviv by Patrick Geddes
Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism
The celebration, condemnation and reinterpretation of the Geddes plan, 1925
The Revolt of 1936
The contribution of Jewish‐German immigrants to maritime development in Israel
The political economy of absorptive capacity
Building the country or rescuing the people
Zionist policies and attitudes towards the Arabs on the eve of the Arab revolt, 1936
The struggle against Jewish immigration to Palestine
The absorptive capacity of Palestine, 1882–1948
An Unpromising Land
Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times
The Dispute in Mapai over "Self-Restraint" and "Purity of Arms" During the Arab Revolt
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |