Sustaining Conflict : Apathy and Domination in Israel-Palestine / Katherine Natanel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Natanel, Katherine, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apathy--Political aspects--Israel.

Apathy.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Public opinion.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Political participation--Israel.

Political participation.

Palestine--Politics and government.

Palestine.

Israel--Politics and government.

Israel.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustaining Conflict develops a groundbreaking theory of political apathy, using a combination of ethnographic material, narrative, and political, cultural, and feminist theory. It examines how the status quo is maintained in Israel-Palestine, even by the activities of Jewish Israelis who are working against the occupation of Palestinian territories. The book shows how hierarchies and fault lines in Israeli politics lead to fragmentation, and how even oppositional power becomes routine over time. Most importantly, the book exposes how the occupation is sustained through a carefully crafted system that allows sympathetic Israelis to "knowingly not know," further disconnecting them from the plight of Palestinians. While focusing on Israel, this is a book that has lessons for how any authoritarian regime is sustained through apathy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

One. The Everyday of Occupation

Two. Bordered Communities

Three. Normalcy, Ruptured and Repaired

Four. Embedded (In)Action

Five. Protesting Politics

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520960794

0520960793

OCLC:

938898671