![]() This attitude is especially marked in Nordau and others like him. Israel’s contributions were to be to European science and culture,Īnd Israel itself an extension of European civilization, an outpost of EuropeanĬolonialism. Outside European civilization, and for Herzl and those like him, the earlyįounders, Israel was to be a shining exemplar of European culture and EuropeanĬivilization. Sensibility, but he is a European composer through and through, inconceivable Own: maybe is possible for example to hear in Mahler this or that Jewish More important, Herzl’s new state of Israel would free upĪshkenazi creativity and allow them to shine finally: but is important to Moshe Dayan and Samson were to be the models of the Israelis in the 20 th Israel as an independent nation wouldĬorrect these faults: Israel would make vigorous and courageous men out Jews again. Max Nordau, an early Zionist, was also a promoter ofĮugenics and was an avowed racialist. Turned out, especially in the Ashkenazi world, at least from a moral and ![]() Largely agreed with the anti-Semites on the bad way that diaspora Jews had In others’ countries where they were oppressed and where furthermore they wereĭegenerating into an unacceptable creature. Simple: the Jews seemed to him to be an exceedingly gifted people in manyĪreas, and very creative, but their potential was squelched by having to live Israel was founded in the ideology of Herzl as Ashkenazi Israeli nationalists are in the difficult situation of trying to set this right They’re rejected for different reasons by Israelis and by liberal Westerners. The problem is that its founding principlesĪre in theory no longer accepted either inside or outside the country. ![]() To understand the Israel problem is important to look at It isn’t as healthy and vibrant a nationalism as some Trolling in thinking about Israel’s foundation and Israel’s troubles. But this isn’t whole story and there is value beyond There can’t in principle be an exception for Israel, or anyĪcceptable reason for the idea: “ nationalism (Spencer, who is not my fan, nor I his, must be given this credit nevertheless, and it must also be said: he was physically attacked soon after this episode, swamped with antifa). Richard Spencer confounded an Israel apologist with this argument in public, and it was a great embarrassment for the upholders of this double standard. There is yet no answer to this trolling at least from those who would support Israeli nationalism but use extreme and immoderate language-“Nazis,” “nativists”-to refer to the same in other parts of the world. It’s stock argument on the non-neocon right. Some on dissident right troll about Israel as ethnostate or unapologetic nationalist state. Today we bring to you a special missive from BronzeAgePervert on Israel, nationalism and Hazony. ![]()
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