Israeli nation-state : political, constitutional, and cultural challenges / / edited by Fania Oz-Salzberger and Yedidia Z. Stern

• Pubblicazione: Brighton, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (374 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42095694
• Soggetto topico: Multiculturalism - Israel
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): Oz-SalzbergerFania; SternYedidia Z.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introductory Remarks / Oz-Salzberger, Fania / Stern, Yedidia Z. -- Part I. Revisiting the Basics -- 1. The State of Israel and National Identity / Stern, Yedidia Z. -- 2. What is Zionism? / Taub, Gadi -- Part II. Historical and Philosophical Contexts -- 3. Democratic First, Jewish Second: A Rationale / Oz-Salzberger, Fania -- 4. Cosmopolitanism versus Normative Difference: From Habermas to Levinas-Is Israel an Exception? / Wolosky, Shira -- 5. The Holocaust as the Zionist and Anti-Zionist Narrative of the State of Israel / Shapira, Anita -- Part III. State and Nation -- 6. The Constitutional Significance of the Jewishness of Israel / Bendor, Ariel L. -- 7. Reflections on the Meaning and Justification of "Jewish" in the Expression "A Jewish and Democratic State" / Gavison, Ruth -- 8. Israel as a Nation-State in Supreme Court Rulings / Bakshi, Aviad / Sapir, Gideon -- 9. A Jewish Majority as the Leading Criterion for Shaping Immigration Policy to Israel / Zilbershats, Yaffa -- Part IV. State and Religions -- 10. Religion and State: A Critical Analysis of Meanings in Public Discourse / Sagi, Avi -- 11. The Right to the Land: From Moral Justifications to Religious Justifications and Back Again / Statman, Daniel -- 12. The Liberal/Multicultural Nature of the Religious Accommodations for the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel: A Curse or a Blessing? / Karayanni, Michael M. -- Part V. Society, Culture, and Demography -- 13. Is Israeli Society Disintegrating? Doomsday Prophecies and Facts on the Ground / Yakobson, Alexander -- 14. The Palestinian Israelis' Attempt to Challenge the Jewish State in Education: A Citizenship Act or a Radical Shift? / Agbaria, Ayman K. -- 15. The Future of Nationhood in Israel / Passig, David -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume of original essays, by some of Israel's most remarkable public and academic voices, offers a series of state-of-the art, accessible analyses of Israel's ever-evolving theater of statecraft, public debates, and legal and cultural dramas, its deep divisions and-more surprisingly, perhaps-its internal affinities and common denominators. Contributors: Fania Oz-Salzberger, Yedidia Z. Stern, Ayman K. Agbaria, Aviad Bakshi, Ariel L. Bendor, Ruth Gavison, Michael M. Karayanni, David Passig, Avi Sagi, Gideon Sapir, Anita Shapira, Daniel Statman, Gadi Taub, Shira Wolosky, Alexander Yakobson, Yaffa Zilbershats.
• Titolo autorizzato: Israeli Nation-State
• ISBN: 1-61811-390-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464958003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Israel (Boston, Mass.)