Abstract
The article investigates the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox nationalists (Hardalim) in the modern State of Israel. Hardalim emerged out of ideological transformations in the ideological settlement movement during the 1980s and 1990s, combining aspects of the two major religious milieus in the country, national-religious Judaism and ultra-Orthodoxy. Such a fusion is cause for great concern among those, who fear a fundamentalist assault on the democratic state. Based on the definition of the editors of this volume, the article asks how far the classification of Hardalim as fundamentalists helps us to grasp the specifics of their group. I argue that the concept is useful insofar as it highlights some of the movement’s core characteristics that distinguish it from traditionalist Judaism and other forms of religious activism and lifestyle, but that at the same time a strict focus on the fundamentalist features of the Hardalim runs the risk of ignoring the group’s intimate ties and dynamics with other groups in Israeli society.
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Der Artikel untersucht das Phänomen ultraorthodoxer Nationalisten (Hardalim) im modernen Staat Israel. Diese sind aus Transformationen der ideologischen Siedlerbewegung während der 1980er- und 1990er-Jahren hervorgegangen. Die Gruppe vereint Aspekte und Charakteristika der beiden großen religiösen Milieus im jüdischen Staat, des national-religiösen Judentums und der Ultraorthodoxie. Solch eine Fusion sorgt für Ängste vor einer fundamentalistischen Gefährdung des demokratischen Staates. Der Artikel analysiert, inwiefern die Einordnung der Hardalim als fundamentalistische Gruppe dazu beitragen kann, deren Spezifika sowie Unterschiede zu anderen Sektoren der israelischen Gesellschaft hervorzuheben. Die von den Herausgebern dieses Bandes erstellte Definition hilft wichtige Charakteristika der Bewegung herauszuarbeiten, die sie von traditioneller jüdischer Religiosität sowie anderen Formen des religiösen Aktivismus unterscheiden. Wir sollten aber gleichzeitig aufpassen, durch den Fokus auf fundamentalistische Aspekte der Hardalim nicht den Blick auf deren enge Verflechtung und Dynamiken mit anderen Gruppen der israelischen Gesellschaft verlieren.
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Mahla, D. Erratum to: Convergence of fundamentalisms? Ultra-Orthodox nationalists (Hardalim) in Israel. Z Religion Ges Polit 7, 449–450 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-022-00132-1
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