Zionism and Transnationalism (1916)
Zionism and Transnationalism (1916)
This chapter puts forward the notion of a “transnational America” according to bohemian radical Randolph Bourne—in which ethnic groups would persist and maintain ties to their countries of origin, thereby contributing to a cosmopolitan American national culture. Zionism, according to Bourne, provided the best example of transnationalism at work. He argues that cooperative Americanism—that is, an ideal of a freely mingling society of peoples of very different racial and cultural antecedents, with a common political allegiance and common social ends but with free distinctive cultural allegiances which may be placed anywhere in the world—is simply a generalization of the practical effect of the Zionist ideal.
Keywords: Randolph Bourne, transnationalism, transnational America, cooperative Americanism, cosmopolitan American national culture, Zionism, Zionist ideal
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