JWST 3722

From Respectability to Messianism? Aspects of Modern Jewish Nationalism

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Students will practice critical, close reading and examination of historical primary sources that are essential for the study of modern Jewish nationalism and statehood. In our discussions, we will identify influential historical ideas within different genres of texts (personal, journalistic, commercials, political, literary, etc.) and critically combine social history and theory, literary understanding and theory, and intellectual history. Throughout the course, special attention will be given to ideas of class and status and their implications on the formation and change of Jewish and Israeli nationalism over the years. Students will consider key concepts of class theory and engage in comparatively examining their usefulness as tools for their historical understanding of the texts analyzed.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (HST-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

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