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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779446903321

Titolo

Israel in the world : legitimacy and exceptionalism / / edited by Emanuel Adler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-16666-1

0-203-08033-5

1-283-89435-1

1-136-16667-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AdlerEmanuel

Disciplina

327.5694

Soggetti

National characteristics, Israeli

Arab-Israeli conflict

Israel

Israel Foreign relations

Israel Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Israel in the World: Legitimacy and Exceptionalism; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Israel's Unsettled Relations with the World: Causes and Consequences; 2. The State of Israel and the Negation of the Exile; 3. Cosmopolitanism: Good for Israel? or Bad for Israel?; 4. Israel's Dichotomous Attitude Toward International Humanitarian Law: Causes, Consequences, and Implications; 5. Israel and the World: The Democracy Factor; 6. Israel: The Shard in a Fragmenting Legal Order

7. Four States, Two People, One Solution: Can Israel Maintain Its Identity?8. Judaism and Islam in the World; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since independence, Israel has lived with a paradox, needing and seeking legitimacy, understanding, and empathy from the world community while simultaneously also discounting the world. This volume reflects upon Israel's troubled attempts to balance its desire to be different from a world that it simultaneously genuinely needs and that it also wants to be a legitimate member of. Gathering



distinguished scholars and public figures, this timely book discusses the causes and consequences of Israel's unsettled relations with the world. With essays ranging from an account of Israel's exil