Return to the Promised Land.

Jacek Surzyn is a Polish philosopher, author and translator and professor at Jesuit University Ignatianum in Kraków (Poland). He researches the ontology, theology and political philosophy of Judaism and Zionism. He also translates philosophical and political texts. As a publicist, he is engaged in the issues of Palestinian-Israeli conflict and modern anti-Semitism.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter I. Moses Hess and the Shabbat of History Messianic Mission New Anti-Semitism Jews as Revivers of the Nations Judaism: Religion of the Future The Basis of the Jewish Reform Historic Mission of Jews The Project of the Jewish State Chapter II. Leo Pinsker and the Jewish Self-Emancipation Pinsker’s Path to Emancipation The Issue of the “Jewish Question” Jews as a Nation Anti-Semitism and Its Philosophical Basis The Project of Self-Emancipation Chapter III. Theodor Herzl: We want to have our state! New Jewish Politics and Philosophy The Zionist Idea: A Philosophical Utopia? The “Jewish Question” Solution to the “Jewish Question” New Anti-Semitism The Jewish State: The Plan Table of ContentsChapter IV.Max Nordau: We, the Jewish Nation The Jewish People The Jewish Patriotism Anti-Semitism Against the Jews Zionism: New Jewish Philosophy The Final Solution to the “Jewish Question” Conclusion Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects