Jews and Arabs in Israel encountering their identities : transformations in dialogue / / Maya Kahanoff

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798159703321
• Autore: Kahanoff Maya
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books : , : Copublished by Van Leer Institute Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4985-0498-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5095694
• Soggetti: Conflict management - Israel; Intergroup relations - Israel; Jews - Israel - Attitudes; Palestinian Arabs - Israel - Attitudes; Arab-Israeli conflict; Israel Ethnic relations
• 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: Contents; Preface; Preface to the English Edition; Author's Journey; Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historical, Social, and Political Backgrounds; Social and Psychological Dynamics of Protracted Conflicts; Intergroup Encounters-Contact, Confrontation, and Dialogue; Reconciliation and Identity Transformation; Research in Dialogue; Notes; Part I: Center Stage Conversations; 1 Split Discourse; Harmony Versus Conflict; The Personal/The Political; Multiplicity/Absolute Truth; Symmetry/Asymmetry; Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Behind the Scenes; 2 Internal Jewish-Israeli Dialogues; Between Inclusion and ExclusionBetween Individual and Group Identity; Between Humanism and Security; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Internal Arab-Palestinian Dialogues; Between Monolithic and Multiple Identities; Between Confrontation and Coexistence; External versus Internal Violence; Conclusion; Notes; Part III: Inner/Hidden Dialogues; 4 Jewish Israeli Dilemmas; Amid the Familiar and the Strange; Amid Forgetting and Remembering; Grappling with the Political; Between Vulnerability ; and Aggression; Notes; 5 Palestinian Arab Dilemmas; Amid Certainty and Doubt; Amid Presence and Absendce; Grappling with the PersonalDistancing and Nearing; Conclusion; Notes; Theoretical Aftertalks; Dialogue in Conflict; Towards Transformation and Change; Notes; Appendix; Note; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Jews and Arabs in Israel Encountering Their Identities reveals the powerful potential of intergroup dialogues to transform both identities and mutually negating relations between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs.