Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine [electronic resource] /
Abraham, M.author.
By positioning the late Edward Said's political interventions as a public intellectual on behalf of Palestinian populations living under Israeli occupation as a form of intellectual resistance, Abraham moves to consider forms of physical resistance, seeking to better understand the motivations of those who choose to turn their bodies into weapons.
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Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine; Resistance as a Political Act; The Structure of This Book; What Is Legitimate Criticism and What Isn't?; The Demands of Israeli Hasbara; The "Unreasonable" Arabs; Chapter 1: From Resistance to Accommodation: The Origins of the Policy Intellectual's Alignment with the State; Introduction; The Intellectual Stakes; US Support for Israel: The Background; Jewish Intellectuals and Neoconservatism; Shifting Intellectual Alliances
Alienation from the Intellectual MissionThe Birth of Israelism and Liberalism's Love Affair with Israel; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Edward Said and Intellectual Resistance: Refusing the Politics of Accommodation; Introduction; Said, Arendt, and the New York Intellectuals; Restlessness, Alienation, and the Intellectual Spirit; Between Worlds, Out of Place, and Outside the Intellectual Fold; Exodus, Statehood, and Empowerment; Lost Causes; Resisting the Trappings of Power; Resisting Accommodation; Saidian Resistance; The Said-Walzer Exchange
Chapter 3: Edward Said, the Question of Palestine, and the Continual Quest for Intellectual FreedomChapter 4: Biopolitical Resistance in Palestine: Suicide Bombing and the Fanonian Specter; Introduction; A New Biopolitics; The Bomber and the Gift; Moving from Condemnation to Understanding; Paradise Now; By Way of Conclusion: Suicide Bombings as Biopolitical Struggle; Chapter 5: Obama's Cairo Speech: The Failure of Resistance and Refusal; Introduction; Good Muslims and Bad Muslims; A Brief History of US Intervention in the Middle East; Getting Past Stereotypes
Obama and the Israel-Palestine ConflictBuilding a Relationship; Conclusion; Conclusion: Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine; Notes; Selected Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By positioning the late Edward Said's political interventions as a public intellectual on behalf of Palestinian populations living under Israeli occupation as a form of intellectual resistance, Abraham moves to consider forms of physical resistance, seeking to better understand the motivations of those who choose to turn their bodies into weapons.
Said, Edward W.
Educational sociology.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Education—Philosophy.
Lifelong learning.
Adult education.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Sociology of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Education Policy.
Educational Philosophy.
Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.
Philosophy of Education.