Name: On the Nation and the Jewish People
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Author: Shlomo Sand
ISBN: 9781844674626

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Shlomo Sand

Publisher

Verso Books

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

ISBN

1844674622

ISBN13

9781844674626

Synopsis "On the Nation and the Jewish People "

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 twentiethcentury 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?A", 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.A" 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.

Shlomo Sand

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Shlomo Sand estudió Historia en la Universidad de Tel Aviv y en la École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, París). Actualmente es profesor de Historia Contemporánea en la Universidad de Tel Aviv. Comprometido ensayista e historiador crítico –cuyas obras son reconocidas mundialmente–, en Akal ha publicado ¿El fin del intelectual francés? De Zola a Houellebecq (2017), La invención de la tierra de Israel. De Tierra Santa a madre patria (2013) y La invención del pueblo judío (2011).

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