Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One: The Will to Power
6. 1. Power, Freedom, and Political Independence in Jewish Thought 19
7. 2. Shame, Guilt, and Suffering in Jewish Culture until Modern Times 29
8. 3. The Shame of Exile and the Zionist Recovery of Jewish Dignity 42
9. 4. ‘‘The Remnant of Israel’’ 66
10. 5. The Wager in Greenberg’s The Ways of the River 91
11. 6. Messianism and Realism 103
12. Part Two: The Moral Price of Sovereignty
13. 7. Criticism of the Idea of Sovereignty in Non-Zionist Thought 115
14. 8. Sovereignty and Jewish Commitment after the Holocaust in the Thought of Emil Fackenheim, George Steiner, and Irving Greenberg 142
15. Part Three: Power and Jewish Identity in Israeli Public Discourse
16. 9. Sovereignty and Power in Zionist Debate during the Mandate Period 165
17. 10. Reacting to Arab Terror 198
18. 11. Halakha and Morality in Religious Zionism after the Six-Day War 221
19. 12. Persecuted or Persecutor? 238
20. 13. Challenging the Zionist Ethos 247
21. Conclusion 274
22. Notes 283
23. References 315
24. Index 339