The Bourgeois Peasant and the Agrarian Myth: The Debate over the Ideal Peasant in Early Jewish Nationalism.
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| Title: | The Bourgeois Peasant and the Agrarian Myth: The Debate over the Ideal Peasant in Early Jewish Nationalism. |
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| Authors: | Burns, Rhona (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Jewish Social Studies. Winter2025, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p156-181. 26p. |
| Subjects: | Class politics, Twentieth century, Zionism, Nationalism, Peasants, Myth |
| Abstract: | In this article I present an untold story about the controversy over the ideal Jewish peasant in Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century. The controversy preceded the rise of the haluẓ (pioneer), a key component in Zionism's classic ethos. I discuss the two camps in this controversy and the socio-political views they represented. While one camp advocated for the simple-minded peasant, the other promoted the ideal of the proud bourgeois Jewish farmer. I examine the controversy's implications for the politics of class but also Jewish nationalism, and provide a new framework for understanding the Jewish national peasant's emergence as a central figure in Jewish nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | In this article I present an untold story about the controversy over the ideal Jewish peasant in Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century. The controversy preceded the rise of the haluẓ (pioneer), a key component in Zionism's classic ethos. I discuss the two camps in this controversy and the socio-political views they represented. While one camp advocated for the simple-minded peasant, the other promoted the ideal of the proud bourgeois Jewish farmer. I examine the controversy's implications for the politics of class but also Jewish nationalism, and provide a new framework for understanding the Jewish national peasant's emergence as a central figure in Jewish nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00216704 |
| DOI: | 10.2979/jss.00019 |
