Another orient in early zionist thought: East Asia in the press of the Ben-Yehuda family

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Abstract

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is mainly known for his role in reviving the Hebrew language and for struggling against ignorance. Yet a close reading of his family's press reveals the pioneering role of this enterprise with regard to the depictions of East Asia. Through their press, the Ben-Yehuda family introduced East Asia to the Jewish public in Ottoman Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century, while making a unique contribution to contemporaneous Zionist thinking, first, within the context of advancing the ideas of modernism and national revival, and second, by constructing another Oriental Other.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)433-450
Number of pages18
JournalIsrael Affairs
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2013

Keywords

  • China
  • Eliezer ben-Yehuda
  • Ha-Tzvi/Hashkafah
  • Itamar Ben-Avi
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Zionist thought

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • History
  • Political Science and International Relations

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