Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination

by Yaron Peleg

Calling into question prevailing notions about Orientalism, Yaron Peleg shows how the paradoxical mixture of exoticism and familiarity with which Jews related to Palestine at the beginning of the twentieth century shaped the legacy of Zionism. In Peleg's view, the tension between romancing the East and colonizing it inspired a revolutionary reform that radically changed Jewish thought during the Hebrew Revival that took place between 1900 and 1930.

Orientalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801443768
• ISBN13: 9780801443763
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher