Zionism and the Fin de Siecle: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism from Nordau to Jabotinsky » (1st Edition)

Michael Stanislawski is Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University. His previous books include Psalms for the Tsar (1988) and For Whom Do I Toil? (1988).

"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 of Eros 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 of Shylock's Children

Jerusalem Post

An important contribution for serious students of Zionism and yet another example of the continuing intensity of the new historians.