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

IF 0.1 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Zutot Pub Date : 2022-07-13 DOI:10.1163/18750214-bja10026

D. Trom

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Abstract

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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加鲁特的政治：论最小坏解的拉比传统

由于流亡是以色列战败的结果，犹太政治传统建立在寻求最不坏的解决方案的基础上。这与希腊西方政治理论形成了鲜明对比。犹太人居住在外国王国，不得不接受他们的统治，并投资于在敌对环境中生存的方法。这篇文章展示了犹太教文学如何创造了一种原始的生存理论，并为犹太代理打开了机会。即使是通常被视为犹太历史断裂的以色列国，也符合流亡生存的传统政治逻辑。

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Zutot HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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