Decolonizing Palestine : Hamas between the anticolonial and the postcolonial / Somdeep Sen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sen, Somdeep, author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government--21st century.

Palestinian Arabs.

Israelis--Colonization--Gaza Strip.

Israelis.

Gaza Strip--Politics and government--21st century.

Gaza Strip.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 171 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In 'Decolonizing Palestine', Somdeep Sen rejects the notion that liberation from colonialization exists as a singular moment in history when the colonizer is ousted by the colonized. Instead, he considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as a complex psychological and empirical mix of the colonial and the postcolonial. Specifically, he examines the two seemingly contradictory, yet coexistent, anticolonial and postcolonial modes of politics adopted by Hamas following the organization's unexpected victory in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election. Despite the expectations of experts, Hamas has persisted as both an armed resistance to Israeli settler colonial rule and as a governing body.

Contents:

Decolonizing Palestine : An Introduction

On the Settler Colonial Elimination of Palestine

Palestinian Postcoloniality : A Legacy of the Oslo Accords

Anticolonial Violence and the Palestinian Struggle to Exist

Postcolonial Governance : Imagining Palestine

The Palestinian Moment of Liberation : A Conclusion

On Liberation.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 7, 2021).

ISBN:

9781501752759

1501752758

9781501752742

150175274X

OCLC:

1141037450