Zionism and Cosmopolitanism : Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine

Peretz, Dekel

doi:10.1515/9783110726435

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Peretz, Dekel

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Abstract

Franz Oppenheimer (1864-1943) was a prominent German sociologist, economist and Zionist activist. As a co-founder of academic sociology in Germany, Oppenheimer vehemently opposed the influence of antisemitism on the nascent field. He and other German Zionists believed Zionism could strengthen German-Jewish identity. They presented Zionism as an extension of German patriotism by positioning Zionist aspirations within a German colonial narrative.

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Zionism; Anti-Semitism; Germany; Colonialism; Jewish identity; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities; thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PG Relating to religious groups::5PGJ Relating to Jewish people and groups; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology