College Syllabus: “Zionism: Ideology and Practice in the Making of a Jewish State”

“Zionism: Ideology and Practice in the Making of a Jewish State”

Scott Abramson, UCLA, Winter 2020

This course tells the biography of Zionism. Uniting social, intellectual, cultural and political history, it exhibits its subject in panoramic view, presenting Zionism as a national sentiment, a political movement, a state-building enterprise, and a multifocal program for the renaissance of a people from many lands and a language. Comprehensive in chronology and in scope, the course traces modern Zionism from the 19th century to the present.