Sand Shlomo - On The Nation And The Jewish People - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Ernest Renan was one of the intellectual giants of the second half of the nineteenth century in France the man who first opened up the study of nationalism. In this book Shlomo Sand the author of the best - selling The Invention of the Jewish People demonstrates the complexity of Renan's thought. Sand shows the relationship of Renan's work to that of key twentieth - century thinkers on nationalism such as Raymond Aron and Ernest Gellner and argues for the continued importance of studying Renan. Alongside his essay Sand presents two classic lectures by Renan: the first the renowned What Is a Nation? argues that nations are not based upon race religion and language; in the second he uses historical evidence to show that the Jews cannot be considered a pure ethnos. On the Nation and the Jewish People is an important contribution to the understanding of nationalism bringing back into play the work of a profoundly misunderstood thinker.
Title: On The Nation And The Jewish People
Author(s): Sand Shlomo
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844674626
Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Date: 11/22/2010
Category: Jewish Studies