The pursuit of peace and the crisis of Israeli identity : defending/defining the nation / Dov Waxman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waxman, Dov.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Israeli.

Jews--Israel--Identity.

Jews.

Israel.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 254 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

This book offers a theoretically-informed analysis of the way in which Israeli national identity has shaped Israel' s foreign policy. By linking domestic identity politics to Israeli foreign policy, it reveals how a crisis of Israeli identity inflamed the debate in Israel over the Oslo peace process.

Contents:

1 The Construction of Israeli National Identity: From Jews to Israelis and Back Again 15

2 Between Isolation and Integration: Foreign Policy and Israeli National Identity 43

3 Out of the Ghetto: The Oslo Peace Process and Israeli National Identity 81

4 The Crisis of Israeli Identity 109

5 The Return of the Other 145

Conclusion: Israel's Identity Crisis in Global Perspective 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-243) and index.

ISBN:

1403974586

OCLC:

63165004

Publisher Number:

9781403974587

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