RELG 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Theodor Herzl, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Vivid Imaginations
21 Jul 2016
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Zionism: zionism is the movement and founding and development of a. Jewish national homeland in the area of the middle east in palestine (israel: harkened back to the religious text, hebrew bible, promised land to. Abraham: comes from the name the holy hill of ancient israel mt. Making aliyah- going back to you homeland (israel: person goes up to jerusalem (mountain of god, person goes down from jerusalem, every person has the rite of return. Zionism, anti-semitism: ghettos and massacres, blood libel- charges resurfaced in the century, early as 20th century in. Us: 80s and 90s jews wanted to return to the middle east, pogrom: organized violence against people. Trial of alfred drayfus: scapegoat on attack of a diplomat. 2 new elements to anti-semitism: eplicit/scientifically based, racism. 19th century racism: changed in scientifically thinking, negative aspects against jews, nature of human beings divided in subspecies, aryan race, anglo saxon race etc, nordic anglo"s were found to be superior .
