Traditions and transitions in Israel studies / / edited by Laura Z. Eisenberg ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.9405
• Soggetto topico: Palestinian Arabs - Israel - Social conditions - 20th century; Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace
• Soggetto geografico: Israel Social conditions 20th century; Israel Politics and government 20th century; Israel Foreign public opinion; Israel Ethnic relations; Israel Book reviews
• Altri autori: EisenbergLaura Zittrain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS IN ISRAEL STUDIES""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: History and Memory""; ""1. Reassessing Israel's Road to Sinai/Suez, 1956: A Trialogue by Mordechai Bar-On, Benny Morris, and Motti Golani""; ""2. The Holocaust and Its Fifty-Year-Old Commemoration: Have We Reached the Limit? by Rachel Feldhay Brenner""; ""Part 2: Israeli Society: The Jewish Community""; ""3. Controlling Territory: Spatial Dimensions of Social and Political Change in Israel by David Newman"" ; ""4. A Nation that Dwelleth Alone: Judaism as an Integrating and Divisive Factor in Israeli Society by Ephraim Tabory""""Part 3: Israeli Society: The Arab Community""; ""5. Palestinians in Israel: Social and Educational Conditions in the 1990's by Ilham Nasser""; ""6. Research on Welfare and Well-being in Israel: A Palestinian Perspective by Khawla Abu Baker""; ""Part 4: Whither Post-Zionism?""; ""7. Does Post-Zionism Have a Future? by Deborah L. Wheeler""; ""8. The Open Society and Its Enemies: Changing Public Discourse in Israel by Leah Rosen and Ruth Amir"" ; ""9. Literature as a Response to Paradox: On Reading A. B. Yehoshua's A Journey to the End of the Millennium by Stephen Schecter""""Part 5: Peace Process""; ""10. Anthologizing the Peace Process by Mira Sucharov""; ""11. Power-Relations, Recognition, and Dialogue: The Dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian Peace by Amal Jamal""; ""12. Economics as a Security Tool in an Era of Peace in the Middle East by Maen F. Nsour""; ""Part 6: Israel Studies Around the World""; ""13. Changing Italian Perspectives on Israel by Antonio Donno"" ; ""14. Israel Turns Fifty: New Books Published in Germany by Angelika Timm""""15. Israel in Chinese Scholarship by Xu Xin""; ""Notes on the Contributors and the Editors""
• Sommario/riassunto: This sixth volume in the Books on Israel series is an interdisciplinary compilation that encompasses contributions from both the social sciences and the humanities, and reflects the exciting integration of approaches that are on the cutting edge of Israel Studies. The contributors go beyond the review of recent books on Israel to offer original examinations of the state of scholarship about Israel within the various disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, literature, political science, and sociology. Recent trends in contemporary Israeli society, politics, economics, and culture are also explored.
• Titolo autorizzato: Traditions and transitions in Israel studies
• ISBN: 0-7914-8753-9; 1-4175-2014-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806151203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY Series in Israeli Studies