Nation et religion. Aux origines des « néo-messianismes » dans l'Israël aujourd'hui

Neo-Messianism in Contemporary Israel. M. Kriegel. When Zionism emerged at the end of the 19th century, quietist messianism was viewed by the Orthodox and by secular Zionists alike as characteristic of traditional Judaism. Early religions Zionists upheld too this passive conception, and could thus define Zionism in purely political terms and distinguish between political goals and religions yearnings. But the religions zionist movement eventually endorsed A. Kook's view which interpreted the zionist "awakening" as a sign of the beginnings of imminent redemption. After 1973, messianic religions Zionists felt themselves the vanguard of Zionism, and their influence grew, as Labor leaders in Israel were impressed by the commitment of the messianic activists to "pioneer" values. Messianic enthusiasm receded in the 1980's, and as secular values increasingly permeated Israeli society, zionist and non-zionist Orthodox became reconciled and joined forces to resist the secularizing trend, under the banner of neo-traditionalism.Neo-Messianism in Contemporary Israel. KRIEGEL. When Zionism emerged at the end of the 19th century quietisi messianism was viewed by the Orthodox and by secular Zionists alike as characteristic of traditional Judaism. Early religious Zionists upheld too this passive conception, and could thus define Zionism purely political terms and distinguish between political goals and religious yearnings. But the religious zionist movement eventually endorsed view which interpreted the zionist awakening as sign of the beginnings of imminent redemption. After 1973 messianic religious Zionists felt themselves the vanguard of Zionism and their influence grew as Labor leaders in Israel were impressed by the commitment of the messianic activists to "pioneer" values. Messianic enthusiasm receded in the and as secular values increasingly permeated Israeli society zionist and non-zionist Orthodox became reconciled and joined forces to resist the secularizing trend under the banner of neo-traditionalism.Kriegel Maurice. Nation et religion. Aux origines des « néo-messianismes » dans l'Israël aujourd'hui. In: Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 54ᵉ année, N. 1, 1999. pp. 3-28