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Victimhood discourse in contemporary Israel / edited by Ilan Peleg.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victims--Israel.
- Victims.
- Collective memory--Israel.
- Collective memory.
- Group identity--Israel.
- Group identity.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Psychological aspects.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Israel.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 215 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- This book provides an analysis of the politics of victimhood in contemporary Israel and the Palestine. Its insights about victimhood are conceptual, empirical and comparative.
- Contents:
- Introduction : hegemonic victimhood discourse in contemporary Israel and beyond : a conceptual introduction and an analytical framework / Ilan Peleg
- Zionism and victimization : from rejection to acceptance / Moshe Berent
- Israeli prime ministers : transforming the victimhood discourse / Yael Aronoff
- Embracing victimhood : how 1967 transformed Holocaust memory and Jewish identity in Israel and the United States / Daniel Navon
- Historical victimhood and the Israeli collective consciousness : incongruous legacies / Yechiel Klar
- The politics of victimhood in the Palestinian national identity / Ido Zelkovitz
- Transforming victimhood : from competitive victimhood to sharing superordinate identity / Irit Keynan
- The politics of victimhood : a vision of an apocalypse / Ruth Amir
- Moving beyond the victim-victimizer dichotomy : reflecting on Palestinian-Israeli dialogue / Maya Kahanoff, Itamar Lurie, Shafiq Massalha.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Victimhood discourse in contemporary Israel
- ISBN:
- 9781498553506
- 1498553508
- OCLC:
- 1081383644
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