{"product_id":"the-lions-den-by-susie-linfield-9780300251845","title":"The Lions' Den","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lions' Den\u003c\/em\u003e offers a lively intellectual history that explores how prominent midcentury public intellectuals approached Zionism and then the State of Israel itself, including its conflicts with the Arab world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this vibrant narrative of the political Left, cultural critic Susie Linfield investigates how eight prominent twentieth-century intellectuals struggled with the philosophy of Zionism and subsequently with Israel and its regional conflicts. Structured as a series of interrelated portraits, the book combines the personal and the political, featuring philosophers, historians, journalists, and activists such as Hannah Arendt, Arthur Koestler, I. F. Stone, and Noam Chomsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough their engagement with Zionism, these influential thinkers also grappled with the twentieth century’s most crucial political dilemmas: socialism, nationalism, democracy, colonialism, terrorism, and anti-Semitism. In other words, by probing Zionism, they confronted the very nature of modernity and the often catastrophic histories of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy examining these leftist intellectuals, Linfield seeks to understand how the contemporary Left has become focused on anti-Zionism and how Israel itself has shifted toward rightward political stances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000791679212,"sku":"9780300251845","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24516193482294.jpg?v=1763305274","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-lions-den-by-susie-linfield-9780300251845","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}