{"product_id":"on-the-nation-and-the-jewish-people-shlomo-sand-ernest-renan","title":"On the Nation and the Jewish People - Shlomo Sand, Ernest Renan","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Invention of the Jewish People\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable book ….. Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary Middle East should read this? Tony Judt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps books combining passion and erudition don't change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark?Eric Hobsbawm, Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A formidable polemic. Max Hastings, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShlomo Sand's historical tour de force The Invention of the Jewish People sparked a furious controversy across the world over his claim that the Jewish people are not a biologically defined race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this follow-up book Sand presents the writings of a major influence on his work, Ernest Renan, one of France's intellectual giants in the second half of the nineteenth century, and a seminal force in the study of nationalism. Sand demonstrates the continuing importance of Renan's work by placing it in the context of twentieth-century thinkers such as Raymond Aron and Ernest Gellner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside his essay, Sand presents two classic lectures by Renan: the first, the renowned What Is a Nation?', argues that the foundation of nationhood lies outside of race, religion, and language; the second examines the concept of the Jewish people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the Nation and the Jewish People is an important contribution to the understanding of nationalism, bringing back into play the work of a proloundly misunderstood thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerso Publishing 2010, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SJM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44943730802757,"sku":"658","price":17.45,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/on-the-nation-and-the-jewish-people-shlomo-sand-ernest-renan-ontgenation-7501720.jpg?v=1777833984","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/on-the-nation-and-the-jewish-people-shlomo-sand-ernest-renan","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}