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Article Dans Une Revue Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture Année : 2022

The Politics of Galut: On the Rabbinical Tradition of the Least Bad Solution

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Since exile, the galut , is an outcome of Israel’s defeat, the Jewish political tradition rests on the quest of the least bad solution. This contrasts with Greek-Western political theory. Residing in foreign kingdoms, Jews had to accept their domination and invest in ways to survive in hostile environments. The article shows how rabbinical literature invented a kind of proto-theory of survival and opens opportunities for Jewish agency. Even the State of Israel, generally seen as a rupture in Jewish history, fits into this traditional political logic of survival in exile.
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halshs-03928775 , version 1 (07-01-2023)

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Danny Trom. The Politics of Galut: On the Rabbinical Tradition of the Least Bad Solution. Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture, 2022, 19 (1), pp.42-54. ⟨10.1163/18750214-bja10026⟩. ⟨halshs-03928775⟩

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