1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816871803321

Autore

Waxman Dov

Titolo

The pursuit of peace and the crisis of Israeli identity : defending/defining the nation / / Dov Waxman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36567-X

9786611365677

1-4039-8347-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

956.9405/4

Soggetti

National characteristics, Israeli

Jews - Israel - Identity

Arab-Israeli conflict

Israel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Construction of Israeli National Identity: From Jews to Israelis and Back Again -- 2 Between Isolation and Integration: Foreign Policy and Israeli National Identity -- 3 Out of the Ghetto: The Oslo Peace Process and Israeli National Identity -- 4 The Crisis of Israeli Identity -- 5 The Return of the Other -- Conclusion: Israel's Identity Crisis in Global Perspective -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a theoretically-informed analysis of the way in which Israeli national identity has shaped Israel's foreign policy. By linking domestic identity politics to Israeli foreign policy, it reveals how a crisis of Israeli identity inflamed the debate in Israel over the Oslo peace process.