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The star and the stripes : a history of the foreign policies of American Jews / Michael Barnett.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: E184.36.P64 B37 2016

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    "How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal--a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic--a light unto nations, working to repair the world? The Star and the Stripes is an original, provocative interpretation of the effects of these worldviews on the foreign policy beliefs of American Jews since the nineteenth century. Michael Barnett argues that it all begins with the political identity of American Jews. As Jews, they are committed to their people's survival. As Americans, they identify with, and believe their survival depends on, the American principles of liberalism, religious freedom, and pluralism. This identity and search for inclusion form a political theology of prophetic Judaism that emphasizes the historic mission of Jews to help create a world of peace and justice. The political theology of prophetic Judaism accounts for two enduring features of the foreign policy beliefs of American Jews. They exhibit a cosmopolitan sensibility, advocating on behalf of human rights, humanitarianism, and international law and organizations. They also are suspicious of nationalism--including their own. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that American Jews are natural-born Jewish nationalists, Barnett charts a long history of ambivalence; this ambivalence connects their early rejection of Zionism with the current debate regarding their attachment to Israel. And, Barnett contends, this growing ambivalence also explains the rising popularity of humanitarian and social justice movements among American Jews. Rooted in the understanding of how history shapes a political community's sense of the world, The Star and the Stripes is a bold reading of the past, present, and possible future foreign policies of American Jews"-- Provided by publisher.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Barnett, Michael N., 1960- author.
    Published
    Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
    ©2016
    Locale
    United States
    Contents
    Heine's Law and Jewish Foreign Policies
    The Making of a Prophetic People (pre-1914)
    Prophets Mugged by Reality (1914-1945)
    The Cosmopolitan and the National (1945-1967)
    The New Tribalism (1967-1990)
    Back to the Future? (1990-present)
    The Foreign Policies of an Uncertain People.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-334) and index.
    Heine's Law and Jewish Foreign Policies -- The Making of a Prophetic People (pre-1914) -- Prophets Mugged by Reality (1914-1945) -- The Cosmopolitan and the National (1945-1967) -- The New Tribalism (1967-1990) -- Back to the Future? (1990-present) -- The Foreign Policies of an Uncertain People.

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9780691165974
    0691165971
    Physical Description
    xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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