Producing spoilers : peacemaking and the production of enmity in a secular age / Joyce Dalsheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalsheim, Joyce, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Religious aspects.

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Middle East.

Radicalism--Religious aspects.

Radicalism.

Radicalism--Middle East.

Enemies--Middle East.

Enemies.

Religion and politics.

Religion and politics--Middle East.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Judaism and politics--Israel.

Judaism and politics.

Israel--Foreign relations--Palestine.

Israel.

Palestine--Foreign relations--Israel.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Supporters of Hamas and radical religious Israeli settlers seem to serve one purpose in the international peace process: to provide an excuse for its failure. High-level diplomatic negotiators and grassroots peace activists alike blame religious extremists for acting as ""spoilers"" of rational negotiation, and have often attempted to neutralize, co-opt, or marginalize them. In Producing Spoilers, Joyce Dalsheim explores the problem of stalled peacemaking by viewing spoilers not as the cause, but as a symptom of systemic malfunctions within the concept of the nation-state itself, and the secul

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments: To Be at Home in the World; Introduction; 1. Peace and Justice in a Secular Age; 2. Matters of Recognition; 3. History, Histories, Alternative Histories, Alternatives to History; 4. Anachronisms and Moralities; 5. Local Solutions: Collaboration, Cooperation, Coexistence; 6. Beyond Producing Spoilers; 7. Room at the Campfire; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-938723-0

0-19-994443-1

0-19-938724-9