Voices of reason solidarity activism and the separatist imagination in Israel/Palestine Alexander Koensler

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koensler, Alexander, author.

Series:

SUNY series, studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel--Ethnic relations.

Israel.

Palestine--Ethnic relations.

Palestine.

Borderlands--Palestine.

Borderlands.

Borderlands--Israel.

Solidarity--Palestine.

Solidarity.

Solidarity--Israel.

Middle East--Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

Other Title:

Solidarity activism and the separatist imagination in Israel/Palestine

Place of Publication:

State University of New York Press, 2026.

Albany State University of New York Press [2026]

Summary:

Inspiring and hopeful discussion of how we can live together in a world that is both deeply divided and undeniably shared.In a region divided by violence, walls, fences, and checkpoints, Voices of Reason analyzes critically cross-boundary initiatives that seek to affirm their own reason in the land between the river and the sea

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Notes on Ethnographic Ethics and Transliteration from Hebrew and Arabic

Introduction

"It Seems That Soon I Will Get Your Apartment"

Violence and Love

Hundred Shades of Fortune

Silent Voices: A Note on Methodology

Vanishing Certainties

This Book

Part 1: How Many Voices?

Chapter 1 A Polyphonic Perspective on Conflicts

"I Want to Cry"

Polyphony and Counterpoints: Eluding the Cognitive Grip

Stories of Coevolution

The Making of Polarities

Border Studies

Popular Israeli-Palestinian Cultures

Peace and Solidarity Activism

Uncovering Forgotten Trajectories

Chapter 2 Polyphony in the Periphery

"I am a Man," Says a Women

A Changing Borderland

Mourning Across Bounderies

"Nothing Is Here, Just the Desert"

Unrecognized Bedouin Villages

The Hauntings of Europe in the Desert

Friendships, Solidarities, and Enmities

The Final Destination

Cracks in the Separatist Imagination

Chapter 3 Transversal Dreams, Desires, and Hopes

"A Place for Stories"

Polyphony as a Critical Ethnographic Eye

Polarizing the Borderland

"They Came Like Thieves in the Night."

Interpreting Settling Experiences

Settler's Dreamtimes

"It's All About Money"

Affective Security

Complicating Colonial Desires

Part 2: A Polyphonic Political Imagination

Chapter 4 Acts

"It Is Better to Listen"

The Power of Acts

Crossing the Frontier

Acts as Catharsis

Acts as Mediation

At Gandhi's Shadow: A Peace-Walk in the Desert

Acts as Redefining the Terms of the Conflict

"Dwelling into Each Other"

Chapter 5 Gyres

Contrasting Worlds and Cross-Cutting Relations

The West as an Imperialist Fetish?

Simplified Idea of Structural Inequalities

Environmental Activism Without Boundaries

"Healing in the Desert"

Closing One Door, Opening Another

Gyrification

Chapter 6 Acceleration

Political Tourism

Moving to Stand Still

Anarchists and Sheiks

"You Are Not Even Armed"

Brainstorming on Occupied Land

"I Could Not Dance Anymore"

Speed and Metaconflicts

Part III: Struggles for Justice

Chapter 7 Collective Rights, Individual Lives

The Cultural Renaissance in the Negev

A Lively Debate: Ethnic Rights and Identity

Demolishing and Rebuilding an Empty Village

"They Want to Stay with Their Animals"

"Like the First Time You Kiss a Girl"

"Competitive Planting" with the Islamic Movement

Beyond Ethnic Rights

Chapter 8 Human Rights in Practice

Smoke

Human Rights: A Polyphonic Perspective

Indigenous and Human Rights

"Probably Tomorrow"

"Killing Time"

Beyond Patronization

Conclusion

Stumbling over Itself

How Do We Want to Live Together?

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version:

Print version Koensler, Alexander Voices of Reason

ISBN:

9798855807998

9798855807981

OCLC:

1596676082

Publisher Number:

CIPO000394828

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