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Posted by Lithos in Israel/Palestine
Wed Feb 08th 2006, 04:05 AM
From a discussion about the various types of Zionism which could be found.
People seem to always be highly simplistic in their usage of this term, sometimes proving themselves painfully ignorant to the point of loosing any relevance they may h
No. Not that I know of. The Wikipedia entry is woefully inadequate. Some of the ones which come to mind include:

political zionism - The founding of the nation state of Israel by political fiat. The state is the important thing (for respect). Herzl's meaning.
nationalistic zionism (Zionism is equate do the State of Israel). Ben-Gurion.
historical zionism - Israel as historical continuation.
synthetic zionism - A mixture of cultural development, practical development to help with the political development. Believed in cooperation with existing Arab population. Chaim Weizman.
anarchistic zionism - Early form based on the anarchy movements of the late 19th century. Trumpeldor. Obsolete.
labor zionism (related, but different from socialistic. The Kibbutz movement),
socialist zionism - modern form, Peretz
philosophical zionism (Zionism as abstract ideology)
practical zionism - Early form, focus on settlement and establishment of farms, etc. Obsolete.
cultural zionism (Focus is on a cultural renaissance among Judaism - Buber was of this type for a long time.)
religious zionism (general religious reasoning for Israel). Torah v'avodah
post-messianic zionism (The messiah founds Israel. This is what Neturei Karta believes)
pre-messianic zionism (Temple mount faithful - build it and the messiah will come)
christian zionism (Millenial Dispensationalistic)
pan-zionism (Zionism as a uniter of judaism, the state is not so important)
salvation-zionism - Israel as the means to physically save Judaism.
militaristic zionism - Founding of Israel by arms. Jabotinsky (Obsolete).
post-zionism - Zionism is considered obsolete. A relatively new phenomenon.

I'm sure I'm missing a few and giving short shrift to the definitions. People can share one or more of these definitions. As stated
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