Zeev Jabotinsky and the revisionist revolt against materialism - In search of a world view

Jewish History

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-67

  Heller, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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References (72)

1. Cf Y. Shavit, The Mythologies of the Zionist Right Wing (Beth-Berl, [1986]) (Heb.), ch. 7.
2. Also: Y. Shavit, idem, Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement (London, 1988), ch.1;
3. D. Horowitz and M. Lissak, The Origins of Israeli Polity (Tel-Aviv, 1977) (Heb.), 209-10;
4. R. Bilsky-Ben-Hur, Each Individual Is a King - The Social and Political Thought of Z. Jabotinsky (Tel-Aviv, 1988) (Heb.).
5. Z. Jabotinsky, "We the Bourgeoisie" (1927), in idem, Zionist Revisionism: The Years of Consolidation, ed. I. Nevada (Tel-Aviv, 1985) (Heb.), 215-16;
6. Z. Jabotinsky, "We the Bourgeoisie" (idem, "The Social Question," Ha-Yarden (Heb.), 21 October 1938.
7. Cf. Y. Shavit, "The Use of Jewish Intellectuals in Eastern Europe in the Doctrine of Henry Thomas Buckle," Zion (Heb.), 49 (1984): 410-2. Shavit claims that Jabotinsky misinterpreted Buckle.
8. Z. Jabotinsky, "The Revolt of the Elderly', (1936), in idem, Nation and Society, 231.
9. Z. Jabotinsky, "On Territorialism (Zionism and Eretz-Israel [Palestine])" (1905), in idem, Early Zionist Writings (Jerusalem, 1949), 121-2. Nevertheless, in 1906 he attributed a central position to class-wars in history.
10. Cf. J.B. Schechtman, Rebel and Statesman. The Vladimir Jabotinsky Story (Tel-Aviv, 1956), vol. 1 (Heb. ed.), 39.
11. See also Z. Jabotinsky, "A Lecture On Jewish History (according to Marxism)" (1932), in idem, Nation and Society (Jerusalem, 1953) (Heb.), 161.
12. Z. Jabotinsky, Nation and Society (Ibid., 163.
13. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "On Territorialism (Zionism and Eretz-Israel [Palestine])" 112-4.
14. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "Introduction to Economics" (1936 [1938]), in idem, Nation and Society, 196-201. For Jabotinsky's link with De Man and the distinction he made between the economy of the state and a free economy,
15. cf. Z. Jabotinsky, "Public Regulation according to the Bible. A lecture by Jabotinsky at the Hebrew Circle in Johannesburg," in Ha-Yarden (Heb.), 11 June 1937.
16. For De Man, cf.: Z.Sternhell, Neither Right nor Left. Fascist Ideology in France (Los Angeles California, 1986), 119-41.
17. Z.Sternhell, Idem, "Meditations on Economy," in Ha-Yarden, 3 February 1935.
18. Y. Shavit, From Majority to Statehood. The Revisionist Movement: The Settlement Program and the Social Concept (Tel-Aviv, 1977) (Heb.), 291, notes the similarity of the views of Jabotinsky and Johan Huizinga. Yet Jabotinsky ascribed a broader meaning to the term "play."
19. Y. Shavit, Idem, "Introduction to Economics," 205-6.
20. Y. Shavit, Idem, "Princes," Ha-Mashkif (Heb), 25 April 1941.
21. "A Head of Betar Lecture - The Social Problem and Beitar." A draft of the Records of the Third World Congress of Beitar in Warsaw, 12 September 1938. Not published in Jabotinsky's article, "The Social Question," Ha-Yarden (Heb.), 21 October 1938. Jabotinsky Institute (JI), B 4/1/6/2.
22. Jabotinsky's article, "Idem, "Introduction to Economics," 212-21.
23. Jabotinsky's article, "Idem, "The Revolt of the Elderly" (1936), in idem, Nation and Society, 225-56.
24. Jabotinsky to Jacoby, 4 October 1933 (JI), Letters Collection. Jabotinsky rejected Mussolini's article on "The Doctrine of Fascism," which was sent to him by Leone Carpi, one of the Revisionist leaders in Italy, promising him that the Hebrew State would adopt a different regime. Cf. his letter to Carpi of 19 January 1934, in Ha-Umma (Hebrew "The Nation"), 11 (December 1964): 496. Cf. also Wolfgang von Weisl's letter to him (20 June 1931), JI P2/87.
25. Z. Jabotinsky, "Jews and Fascism. Some Remarks and a Warning," Jewish Daily Bulletin, 11 Abril 1935.
26. For Jabotinsky's admiration for Mussolini's heroic leadership, cf. "Fascistic Zionism" (25 November 1925) in Jabotinsky, Zionist Revisionism, 129.
27. Idem, "The Eleventh Hour," Ha-Mashkif, 27 January 1939 (Heb.).
28. Idem, "End of Tension," Ha-Mashkif, 18 Juny 1939 (Heb.).
29. Z. Jabotinsky, "The Next War," Ha-Mashkif, 11 April 1939 (Heb.);
30. idem, "End of Tension," Ha-Mamshkif, 18 June 1939 (Heb.).
31. Idem, "What do the Zionist-Revisionists Want?" in idem, On the Way to Statehood (Jerusalem, 1953) (Heb.), 283.
32. Idem, "The Beitar Convention," ( 12 April 1931 ), in idem, Zionist Revisionism in its Struggles, 147.
33. Idem, "Der 'Untergang' vun Demokratiye" (Yiddish), Der Morgen Journal (4 July 1926).
34. The expert cited by Jabotinsky is R. Sencourt, "Mussolini," The Atlantic Monthly (May 1926), 692-700.
35. R. Sencourt, "Mussolini," The Atlantic Monthly (1926), 692-700. Ibid.
36. R. Sencourt, Idem, "Reply to 'Socialisticzeski Westnik,'" Ha-Yarden, 3 October 1934.
37. R. Sencourt, Idem, "Demokratia" (Heb.), Ha-Yarden, 26 October 1934.
38. R. Sencourt, "Demokratia"Ha-Yarden, 1934. Ibid.
39. R. Sencourt, "Demokratia"Ha-Yarden, 1934. Ibid.
40. R. Sencourt, Idem, "The Social Question," Ha-Yarden, 21 November 1938 and note 11.
41. R. Sencourt, Idem, "Beitar Socialism," in idem, On the Way to Statehood, 332-333 ("The Beitar Idea" [1934]).
42. R. Sencourt, Idem, "The Jubilee Concept" (1927), in idem, Nation and Society, 173-180.
43. For his bourgeois outlook, cf. "The Shopkeeper" (1927), in idem, On the Way to Statehood, 101-7;
44. Y. Shavit, From Majority to Statehood, 175-80.
45. Z. Jabotinsky, "The Social Redemption (talk)" (1934), in idem, Writings (Heb., n.d.), 297-8.
46. For the attributing of the statement to Lenin, Z. Jabotinsky, idem, "Israel and the World of the Future," Ha-Mashkif, 9 May 1941 (Heb.).
47. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "Sienkiewicz" (1919), in idem, Literature and Art, 164.
48. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "The Proletarian Crisis" (1932), in idem, On the Way to Statehood, 309-14. According to the testimony of Lord Birkenhead's son, his fadier was strongly attacked for his aforementioned book which was considered by scholars amateurish at best and plagiaristic at worst.
49. Cf.: Lord Birkenhead, The World In 2030 A.D. (London, 1930),
50. and the Second Earl of Birkenhead, The Life of E.F. Smith, First Earl of Birkenhead, by his son (London 1959), 548-9. In an unpublished article, "Robot and Workman" (1932), Jabotinsky claimed that the robot would yet replace the workman, JI 2536/9/1.
51. Idem, "Class" (1933), in idem, Nation and Society, 242-4.
52. Idem, "Chapters in Biblical Social Philosophy" (1932), in idem, Nation and Society, 183-99.
53. "Chapters in Biblical Social PhilosophyNation and Society, " (1932), Ibid., pp. 189-91.
54. There is no English translation of Popper-Linkeus's book Die Algemeine Naehrpflicht als Loesung der Sozialen Frage (Vienna, 1912).
55. Popper-Linkeus's book Idem, "The Social Redemption (talk)" (1934), 295-302.
56. Popper-Linkeus's book Idem, "Doctor Herzl" (1905), in idem, Early Zionist Writings, 78-9, 86. Jabotinsky expanded only with regard to the nature of his admiration for Lincoln - not in a heroic context, but rather with regard to his noble bearing, his frankness and his honesty when he announced he would abrogate slavery unless the Southern States ceased their rebellion.
57. Cf.: "The Truth," (1916), in Filitonim (Hebrew, "Skits"), 200.
58. Idem, "The Ten Books" (1904), in idem, Literature and Art, 26, 37-42.
59. Idem, "Doctor Herzl," 87-8. The reference is to Herzl's play "Solon in Ludia" (1900).
60. Nevertheless, Jabotinsky gave expression to his reservations about the Jesuit rule mat "the end justifies the means;" "Doctor Herzlibid., 88.
61. For Nordau see Z. Jabotinsky, Autobiography, The Story of My Life (Tel-Aviv & Jerusalem, 1936-1943) (Heb.), 112.
62. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "Rebel of Light" (1912), in idem, Nation and Society, 110. Elsewhere he stated in connection with the possibilisy of an Arab national revival that "nationalism is a modern concept. Primitive peoples are not capable of grasping it."
63. Cf. Z. Jabotinsky, idem, Turkey and the War (London, 1917), in idem, Contemporary Memories, 190, 192.
64. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "The Incendiary" (1912), in idem, Writings, 13-17.
65. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "Trumpeldor Memorial Day" (1928), in idem, Contemporary Memories, 10; The Story of My Life, 205-6.
66. "Jabotinsky's Speech to Jewish Youth. The Leader Speaks in Prague On 5 February 1938," in Ha-Am (instead of Ha-Yarden), 4 March 1938 (Heb.).
67. Cf. J. Heller, "Zeev Jabotinsky and the Question of 'Restraint' (1936-1939) - Outlook in the Test of Reality," in Changes In Modern Jewish History. Tribute to Shmuel Ettinger (Jerusalem, 1988) (in Heb.), 293-512.
68. Z. Jabotinsky, "My Kaddish..." (1940), Ha-Mashkif, 13 September 1940 (Heb.).
69. Z. Jabotinsky, Idem, "That Max Nordau" (1933), in idem, Contemporary Memories, 234-5.
70. Cf. draft of the records of the Third World Congress of Beitar. see note 11, supra.
71. Cf. P. Birnbaum, States and Collective Action: The European Experience (Cambridge, 1988), 169,
72. relying on S. Avineri, The Making of Modern Zionism. The Intellectual Origins of the Jewish State (New York, 1981), 159-86.