03168nam 2200721 a 450 991080739470332120230126204114.01-283-13385-797866131338541-4399-0639-4(CKB)2550000000032907(EBL)686225(OCoLC)719383008(SSID)ssj0000516911(PQKBManifestationID)11318521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000516911(PQKBWorkID)10477618(PQKB)10316158(MiAaPQ)EBC686225(MdBmJHUP)muse13395(Au-PeEL)EBL686225(CaPaEBR)ebr10466250(CaONFJC)MIL313385(EXLCZ)99255000000003290720100930d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIsrael's dead soul /Steven SalaitaPhiladelphia Temple University Press20111 online resource (176 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4399-0638-6 1-4399-0637-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 lack of critical awareness of the effects of the Israeli occupation in Palestinian territory and to anIsrael and the diasporaJewsAttitudes toward IsraelJewsPolitical activityUnited StatesNational characteristics, IsraeliMulticulturalismPolitical aspectsIsraelPolitics and cultureIsraelEthnic relationsIsraelSocial conditions21st centuryIsraelPolitics and government21st centuryIsrael and the diaspora.JewsAttitudes toward Israel.JewsPolitical activityNational characteristics, Israeli.MulticulturalismPolitical aspectsPolitics and culture.320.54095694Salaita Steven1975-719668MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807394703321Israel's dead soul4054260UNINA