Zionism’s early strength was pedagogical analysis, not political conviction
Evidence
Zionism in the decade after the first World War, and even in the decade preceding it, owed its strength not so much to political insight (and did not produce political convictions), as it did to its critical analysis of psychological reactions and sociological facts. Its influence was mainly pedagogical and went far beyond the relatively small circle of actual members of the Zionist movement. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2077
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
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