De Haan’s utopian Orient required erasing Jewish nationalism and secularism

Evidence

De Haan’s real-life Orient witnessed greater contradictions, brutality, and contempt than that of the novelist. It was a raging dystopia, with Zionists attempting to subdue nature, the Arabs, and the Haredim. De Haan’s utopian oriental fantasy conceived that harmony could be attained if all of Jewry submitted to the demands of the ultra-Orthodox, the British colonial rulers, and the Arabs—with all trace of Jewish national sentiment and the very impulse toward secularism erased, a demon exorcised. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 444 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

God was excluded from the discourse, yet biblical divine promise continued to direct political activity and to serve as a source of legitimacy. In that respect, Zionist national consciousness was not separate from the theological myth, but was rather a particular interpretation of that myth, considered to be the exclusive understanding of the Scriptures. Secularization in Zionism meant the nationalization of religious-messianic conceptions, not their replacement. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 315 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Haan’s oriental utopia required erasing Jewish nationalism and secularism. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 444; De Haan’s utopian vision demanded subordination to Orthodox, colonial, and Arab authority alike; De Haan imagined the Orient as a dignified homosocial male realm — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 504 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• De Haan’s oriental utopia required erasing Jewish nationalism and secularism. #corroborates (1.00) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 444
• Zionist secularization nationalized messianic myth rather than replacing it #complicates (0.75) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 315