History of Zionist thought

Author's name: Abdel Wahab El-Messiri

In this important book, Dr. Abdel Wahab El-Messiri presents and analyzes the history of Zionist thought, the Zionist movement, and its roots in Western civilization. This study complements and develops the general theses El-Messiri addressed in his various studies on the Zionist phenomenon. The book traces the history of Zionist thought before Herzl and Balfour, and the stages it went through until it crystallized at the beginning of the twentieth century. It then addresses the strange roots of Zionist thought, shedding light on the relationship of Zionism to Western intellectual trends, such as Romanticism and Nietzscheanism, and to Western political movements, such as Nazism and fascism. It then reviews the most important Zionist movements and the points of agreement and disagreement between them, before discussing the current state of Zionism, its position on Jewish communities around the world, and the features of its historical crisis.