Jacob Talmon

Jacob Talmon

Jacob Leib Talmon (1916-1980) was an Orthodox Jewish Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been categorised as a 'Cold War liberal' because of his devout anti-Marxism which permeates his main works.

He notably studied the genealogy of totalitarianism arguing that such political Messianism stemmed from the French Revolution, and stressed the similarities between Jacobinism and Stalinism. He coined the terms "Totalitarian Democracy" and "Political Messianism".

Talmon was born in Rypin, town in central Poland, into an orthodox Jewish family. He left in 1934 to study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, then in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel. He continued his studies in France but left for London after the Nazi invasion; in 1943 he was awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics.

He received the Israel Prize in 1957. His main works are "The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy" and "". Talmon argued that Rousseau's position may best be understood as "totalitarian democracy"; that is, as a philosophy in which liberty is realized "only in the pursuit and attainment of an absolute collective purpose."

Major works

*The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy, 1952
*The Nature of Jewish History-Its Universal Significance, 1957
*Political Messianism - The Romantic Phase, 1960
*The Unique and The Universal, 1965
*Romanticism and Revolt, 1967
*Israel among the Nations, 1968
*The Age of Violence, 1974
*The Myth of Nation and Vision of Revolution, The Origins of Ideological Polarization in the 20th Century, 1981
*The Riddle of the Present and the Cunning of History 2000 (Hebrew, p.m.)

ee also

*Totalitarian democracy

External links

* [http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/PS/Finley/PS425/reading/Talmon.html Excerpts from "The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy"] , (London: Secker and Warburg, 1955), Intro, Part I, Part II and Conclusion
* [http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/correctness.html On The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy]
* [http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/talmon.html Israel Among The Nations] , Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1970
* [http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/talmon2.html The Unique and the Universal] , Secker & Warburg, London 1965
* [http://www.fmep.org/analysis/articles/prophetic_message.html Excerpts from an "Open Letter to Prime Minister Begin Urging Israel's withdrawal from the Occupied Territories and Warning of a Future Disaster", 1980]
* [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/9681 Two Statements on the Mid-East War] , 1973

* Arie Dubnuv, 'A tale of trees and crooked timbers: Jacob Talmon and Isaiah Berlin on the question of Jewish Nationalism', History of European Ideas, Vol. 34, No. 2http://mosse.huji.ac.il/files/Dubnov_A_tale_of_trees_and_crooked_timbers.pdf
* Arie Dubnuv, 'Priest or Jester? Jacob L. Talmon (1916-1980) on History and Intellectual engagement (Introduction essay)', History of European Ideas, Vol. 34, No. 2http://mosse.huji.ac.il/files/Arie_Dubnov_INTRO-Priest_or_Jester.pdf

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NAME=Talmon, Jacob Leib
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Polish-born Israeli historian; Professor of Modern History; studied Cold War and totalitarianism; anti-Marxist
DATE OF BIRTH=1916
PLACE OF BIRTH=Poland
DATE OF DEATH=1980
PLACE OF DEATH=Israel


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