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Jewish Geographies: Jabotinsky and Modernism
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In this article, the relationship between aesthetic modernism and collectivist nationalism is explored in the context of early European literary modernisms and their associated socio-political contexts, and the authors conclude that scholars can profitably locate Jabotinsky's creative output of the 1920s within the nexus of early aesthetic modernist and collectivism.Abstract:
Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky's texts of the 1920s offer compelling examples of the tensions endemic to aesthetic modernism and inherent in Jewish nationalist discourse during the interwar period. This essay discusses Jabotinsky's Atlas (1925), his unproduced film script A Galilean Romance (1924–1926), and his anthemic poem "Two Banks Has the Jordan" (1929). While the ideological value of the works examined is self-evident, the artistic features of Jabotinsky's work have received scant attention. This essay reveals Jabotinsky's indebtedness to themes and techniques identified with early European literary modernisms and their associated socio-political contexts. The article concludes that scholars can profitably locate Jabotinsky's creative output of the 1920s within the nexus of early aesthetic modernism and collectivist nationalism.read more
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Aesthetic Function: Norm and Value As Social Facts
Jan Mukarovský,Mark E. Suino +1 more
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