Viewpoints Comparative Questions

  1. Why did Fichte think it was so important for each people to have its own nation? Did Nordau agree? Why?
  2. How did the success of Fichte’s nationalist vision help bring about the conditions that gave rise to Nordau’s Zionism?

Max Nordau, “Zionism,” from the English Zionist Federation, Zionism, Its History and Its Aims, trans. Israel Cohen (London: English Zionist Federation, 1905), 3–20.