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In this Hegelian age, we should be talking about Herzl, not Trump

JL;DR SUMMARY In exploring the philosophical concepts of Hegelianism and how they relate to contemporary figures like Donald Trump, Robert Zaretsky posits that rather than focusing on Hegelian world-historical individuals, we should consider individuals like Theodor Herzl in understanding modern challenges. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismDonald TrumpTheodor HerzlProgressNapoleonHegelianismWorld Historical IndividualsPhilosophical Idealism

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"There has lately been a rash of articles, most recently by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, suggesting that Donald Trump has the right stuff for a world-historical individual."
France
"this brilliant and ambitious man had clambered from artillery officer to general to First Consul then Emperor of France."
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
"The youngish Hegel, who began his career as a philosophical idealist, used this phrase while drafting his famous (and famously obscure) masterpiece in the university town of Jena."
Vienna, Austria
"As a student in Vienna where he studied Hegel and as a journalist reporting on the Dreyfus Affair, Herzl had the reality of antisemitism pounded into his bones."
Argentina
"After all, Argentina had also been a candidate as the chosen land."
Israel
"Slightly more than 75 years after Israel was born, it is hard not to wonder if Herzl would recognize this state as the ideal he worked for."

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