Out of the frame : the struggle for academic freedom in Israel / Ilan Pappe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pappé, Ilan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic freedom--Israel.

Academic freedom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Even before he wrote his bestselling book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, historian Ilan Pappe was a controversial figure in Israel. In Out of the Frame, he gives a full account of his break with mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences. Growing up in a conventional Israeli community influenced by the utopian visions of Theodor Herzl, Pappe was barely aware of the Nakbah in his high school years. Here he traces his journey of discovery from the whispers of Palestinian classmates to his realisation that the 'enemy's' narrative of the events of 1948 was correct. After completing his thesis at Oxford University based on recently declassified documents in the early 1980's, he returned to Palestine determined to protect the memory of the Nakbah and struggle for the rectification of its evils. For the first time he gives the details of the formidable opposition he faced in Israel, including death threats fed by the media, denunciations by the Knesset and calls for him to be sacked from his post at Haifa university. This revealing work, written with dignity and humour, highlights Israel's difficulty in facing up to its past and forging a peaceful, inclusive future in Palestine.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Preface

Introduction

1. The Demons of the Nakbah

2. The Arming of the Zionist Mind

3. The Katz Affair

4. The Trial and the Acquittal

5. The Best Runner in the Class

6. The Battle for the Historiography of 1948

7. The Home University

8. The Last Straw: Lebanon and Gaza

9. The Killing Fields of Gaza

Epilogue

Appendix

Glossary

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783714209

1783714204

9781849645423

1849645426

OCLC:

742516269