Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Part I. Introduction, Historical and Biographical Background
5. Chapter I: Introduction 1
6. Chapter II: A Quest for Life: Historical and Biographical Background 13
7. Part II. Philosophy and Life: Nature, Society, and the Question of Ecological Responsibility
8. Introduction 37
9. Chapter III: Gordon’s Philosophy as a Response to Kant, Nietzsche, and Marx 39
10. Chapter IV: The Foundations of A. D. Gordon’s Philosophy of Man in Nature: Life, Self, and Experience 47
11. Chapter V: Critique of Society and Civilization 57
12. Chapter VI: Religion, Family, and the Ethic of Ecological Responsibility 61
13. Part III. Life and Praxis
14. Introduction 75
15. Chapter VII: The National Self in Aḥad Ha’am, Brenner, and Gordon 77
16. Chapter VIII: Self-Realization as Self-Education 84
17. Chapter IX: Freedom and Equality in Gordon’s Ideas on the Founding of a Workers’ Settlement 92
18. Part IV. National Individuality, Social Justice, and the Prospects of a Universal Humanity
19. Introduction 103
20. Chapter X: Zionism and Diaspora Jewry 105
21. Chapter XI: Jews and Arabs 108
22. Chapter XII: National Individuality as a Condition of Universal Humanity 114
23. Part V
24. Conclusion 121
25. Postscript: Contemporary Repercussions 127
26. Bibliography 152
27. Index of Subjects 160
28. Index of Names and Places 163