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UNINA9910807394703321 |
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Autore |
Salaita Steven <1975-> |
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Titolo |
Israel's dead soul / / Steven Salaita |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-13385-7 |
9786613133854 |
1-4399-0639-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Israel and the diaspora |
Jews - Attitudes toward Israel |
Jews - Political activity - United States |
National characteristics, Israeli |
Multiculturalism - Political aspects - Israel |
Politics and culture |
Israel Ethnic relations |
Israel Social conditions 21st century |
Israel Politics and government 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Israel as cultural icon: the vacillating boundaries of Jewish identity -- Is the Anti-Defamation League a hate group? -- Ethnonationalism as an object of multicultural decorum: the case of Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson -- Sexuality, violence, and modernity in Israel: the paradise of not being Arab -- The heart of darkness redux, again -- Epilogue: a eulogy to Israel's dead soul. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In his courageous book, Israel's Dead Soul, Steven Salaita explores the failures of Zionism as a political and ethical discourse. He argues that endowing nation-states with souls is a dangerous phenomenon because it privileges institutions and corporations rather than human beings.Asserting that Zionism has been normalized--rendered ""benign"" as an ideology of ""multicultural conviviality""-Salaita critiques the idea that Zionism, as an exceptional ideology, leads to a |
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