Derek Penslar on Zionism as Hated Object and Hating Subject

Recorded on November 16, 2023 Derek Penslar presents his book Zionism: An Emotional State (Rutgers, 2023), a new history of Zionism that examines the emotions that have shaped Zionist sensibilities and practices over the course of the movement's history. Derek J. Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including Shylock’s Children: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe (2001), Jews and the Military: A History (2013), and Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader (2020). Penslar is currently writing a book about worldwide reactions to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.