Israel's dead soul / Steven Salaita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salaita, Steven, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel and the diaspora.

Jews--Attitudes toward Israel.

Jews.

Jews--Political activity--United States.

National characteristics, Israeli.

Multiculturalism--Political aspects--Israel.

Multiculturalism.

Politics and culture.

Israel--Ethnic relations.

Israel.

Israel--Social conditions--21st century.

Israel--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his courageous book, Israel's Dead Soul, Steven Salaita explores the failures of Zionism as a political and ethical discourse. He argues that endowing nation-states with souls is a dangerous phenomenon because it privileges institutions and corporations rather than human beings.Asserting that Zionism has been normalized--rendered ""benign"" as an ideology of ""multicultural conviviality""-Salaita critiques the idea that Zionism, as an exceptional ideology, leads to a lack of critical awareness of the effects of the Israeli occupation in Palestinian territory and to an

Contents:

Israel as cultural icon: the vacillating boundaries of Jewish identity

Is the Anti-Defamation League a hate group?

Ethnonationalism as an object of multicultural decorum: the case of Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson

Sexuality, violence, and modernity in Israel: the paradise of not being Arab

The heart of darkness redux, again

Epilogue: a eulogy to Israel's dead soul.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613133854

9781283133852

1283133857

9781439906392

1439906394

OCLC:

719383008