Zionism and the Fin de Sicle: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism from Nordau to Jabotinsky

"Stanislawski shows that each of these three [Nordau, Lilien, and Jabotinsky] came to Zionism out of engagement with the larger issues that preoccupied intellectuals and artists at the turn of the century and that the adoption of Jewish nationalism was by no means a foregone conclusion or an inevitable trajectory. The chapters are written in a lively and accessible style."--David Biale, author ofEros and the Jews "Stanislawski has literally rewritten the early history of Zionism. . . . [His] discovery and masterly use of Nordau's correspondence with Olga Novikova and his treatment of Jabotinsky's youthful journalistic sallies are models of lucid and absorbing historical analysis."--Derek. J. Penslar, author ofShylock's ChildrenMichæl Stanislawski is the author of 'Zionism and the Fin de Sicle: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism from Nordau to Jabotinsky', published 2001 under ISBN 9780520223967 and ISBN 0520223969.