Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Theodor Herzl: Between Myth and Messianism 7
5. Herzl’s Nationalism: Is it Ethnic or Civic? 23
6. Theodor Herzl: Zionism as Personal Liberation 43
7. Leaders 1904. Masaryk – Herzl – Kafka 57
8. Re-Imagining Herzl and other Zionist Sex Symbols 73
9. A Villa in the Jungle: Herzl, Zionist Culture, and the Great African Adventure 85
10. »Dieses schlicht verschwiegene Bekenntnis«. Gustav G. Cohen, ein unbekannter Freund Theodor Herzls 103
11. Transfiguration of the Self in Herzl’s Life and in his Fiction 115
12. Theodor Herzl and the Crisis of Jewish Self-Understanding 129
13. »What Will People Say?« Herzl as Author of Comedies 149
14. A Vision out of Sight. Theodor Herzl’s Late Philosophical Tales 161
15. The Life and Death of Herzl in Jewish Consciousness: Genre Issues and Mythic Perspectives 173
16. Der Wandernde Jude – Herzl und der Zionismus auf der Leinwand 189
17. Making Use of Prose: The Politics of Genre in Theodor Herzl and Η. N. Bialik 201
18. Mythic Figure or Flesh and Blood? The Literary Reception of Herzl in Hebrew Poetry and in Nathan Bistritzki’s »The Secret of Birth« 221
19. Mein Kampf. George Tabori’s Subversive Herzl Variation 235
20. List of Contributors 245
21. Index 247