Martin Buber's Theopolitics

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contents


preface xi


acknowledgments xiii


note on translation and transliteration xv


list of abbreviations xvii


introduction: what is Theopolitics? 1


Part I. From Anarchism to Anarcho-Theocracy: The Birth
of Theopolitics 17


1 The true Front: Buber and landauer on anarchism and revolution 19


2 The serpent: Theopolitics from weimar to nazi germany 61


3 god against Messiah: The Kingship of God and the ancient israelite
anarcho-Theocracy 81


Part II. The Anointed and the Prophet: Theopolitics in Israel
from Exodus to Exile 123


4 Between pharaohs and nomads: Moses 125


5 The arcanum of the Monarchy: The Anointed 151


6 The Battle for yhVh: The Prophetic Faith 175


Part III. Theopolitics and Zion 211


7 palestinian rain: Zionism as applied Theopolitics 213


8 This pathless hour: Theopolitics in the present 250


conclusion: The narrow ridge, the razor’s edge 292


appendix: Martin Buber to hans Kohn, october 4, 1939 299


selected Bibliography 303


index 307

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