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Series:   Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses

Zionism

Emotions, Language and Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2024

Ofer Idels
Ofer Idels
Affiliation:
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Summary

Is the history of emotions a methodology or a subject? What is the relationship between emotions and culture? What role does the body play in the human experience? Addressing these questions and more, this element emphasizes the often-overlooked role of emotional and sensory experiences when examining the Zionist experience in the early twentieth century. Focusing on the visceral and embodied historical aspects of the linguistic modernization of Hebrew, it argues that recent cultural studies on Jewish daily life in Palestine have reached an impasse, which the history of emotions could help us overcome. Interpreting Zionist texts not solely as symbolic myths but as a historical, lived experience, this element advocates for the significance of the history of emotions and experience as an innovative methodology with profound ethical implications for our polarized era.
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ZionismHebrew culturehistory of emotionshistory of experienceEthics
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Series: Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses
Online ISBN: 9781009442947
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 12 December 2024

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