Clash of identities : explorations in Israeli and Palestinian societies

By revisiting the past hundred years of shared Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli history, Baruch Kimmerling reveals surprising relations of influence between a stateless indigenous society and the settler-immigrants who would later form the state of Israel. Shattering our assumptions about these two se...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Kimerling, Barukh 1939-2007 (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY [u.a.] : Columbia University Press, 2012
Schlagworte:Israel - Politics and government - Psychological aspects Group identity Palestinian Arabs National security Militarism Electronic books
Umfang:Online-Ressource (453 p)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Contents; Preface; chapter one: A Model for Analyzing Reciprocal Relations Between the Jewish and Arab Communities in Mandatory Palestine; chapter two: Collective Identity as Agencyand Structuration of Society: The Israeli Example; chapter three: The Formation Process of Palestinian Collective Identities: The Ottoman and Colonial Periods; chapter four: Between Primordial and Civil Definitions of the Collective Identity: Eretz Israel or the State of Israel?; chapter five: State Building, State Autonomy,and the Identity of Society: The Case of the Israeli State
  • chapter six: Patterns of Militarism in Israelchapter seven: The Social Construction of Israel's National Security; chapter eight: Jurisdiction in anImmigrant-Settler Society: The Jewish and Democratic State; chapter nine: Exchanging Territories for Peace: A Macrosociological Approach; chapter ten: Nationalism, Identity, and Citizenship: An Epilogue to the Yehoshua-Shammas Controversy:A Non-Platonic Dialogue; chapter eleven: The Power-Oriented Settlement: PLO-Israel:The Road to the Oslo Agreement and Back?*; chapter twelve: Politicide: Ariel Sharon's Legacy and the Palestinians; Epilogue
  • Chronology of Major EventsNotes; Index