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13 juillet 2022
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- doi: 10.1163/18750214-bja10026
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politics exile power kingdom political regimes rabbinical literature nation-state State of IsraelSujets proches
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Danny Trom, « The Politics of Galut: On the Rabbinical Tradition of the Least Bad Solution », HAL-SHS : sociologie, ID : 10.1163/18750214-bja10026
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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.