Israel's dead soul / / Steven Salaita

• Autore: Salaita Steven <1975->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54095694
• Soggetto topico: Israel and the diaspora; Jews - Attitudes toward Israel; Jews - Political activity - United States; National characteristics, Israeli; Multiculturalism - Political aspects - Israel; Politics and culture
• Soggetto geografico: Israel Ethnic relations; Israel Social conditions 21st century; Israel Politics and government 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 an
• Titolo autorizzato: Israel's dead soul
• ISBN: 1-283-13385-7; 9786613133854; 1-4399-0639-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807394703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II