The evolution of a concept: The relationship between state and religion in the thought of Vladimir Jabotinsky, 1919-1940

0024495 - OÚ 2006 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Zouplna, Jan
The evolution of a concept: The relationship between state and religion in the thought of Vladimir Jabotinsky, 1919-1940.
[Evoluce jedné koncepce: Vztah mezi státem a náboženstvím v myšlení Vladimira Žabotinského, 1919-1940.]
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. 4 /2005/, č. 1 (2005), s. 13-31. ISSN 1472-5886
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90210515
Keywords : Israel * Jewish History * Middle East
Subject RIV: AB - History

Jabotinsky’s ideological evolution underwent a considerable shift, caused by both internal Zionist concerns and external political processes throughout the 1930s. His assessment of Judaism was no exception, yet at the same time one cannot ignore the consistency of his earlier evaluation of Judaism. One has to bear in mind that Jabotinsky’s opinions cannot be identified with those of Menahem Begin, despite Begin’s aspiration to present Jabotinsky as his teacher. His newly discovered emphasis on the “sublime notions” embodied in religion was an attempt to counterbalance the ideological influence of the radical Revisionist Zionist trends with which he came to be associated by the mid-1930s.

Žabotinského ideologická evoluce prošla, v důsledku vnitřního vývoje sionistického hnutí i mezinárodně-politických událostí, ve 30. letech značným vývojem. Jeho pojetí role judaismu v židovské společnosti nebylo výjimkou Žabotinského důraz na "vznosné ideje" obsažené v židovské náboženské tradice byl snahou vyvážit ideový a politický vliv extremistů uvnitř vlastního revizionistického hnutí.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0115031