2015 Reprint of 1946 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. First published in Vienna in 1896, this work was to revolutionize Jewish life and Jewish political thinking as did no other book before. The secret of Herzl's influence lies in the wholeness of the Zionist political conception that Herzl and his "Judenstaat" brought to the dispersed Jewish people bereft of a normal national existence. A foundation document for the modern state of Israel.