Clash of identities
Subtitle: explorations in Israeli and Palestinian societies
By: Baruch Kimmerling.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780231143288; 9780231512497
Subjects: Group identity -- Palestine; Palestinian Arabs -- Ethnic identity; Militarism -- Social aspects -- Israel; National security -- Social aspects -- Israel; Israel -- Politics and government -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: A model for analyzing reciprocal relations between the Jewish and Arab communities in mandatory Palestine; title: Collective identity as agency and structuration of society : the Israeli example / with Dahlia Moore; title: The formation process of Palestinian collective identities : the Ottoman and colonial periods; title: Between primordial and civil definitions of the collective identity : Eretz Israel or the state of Israel?; title: State building, state autonomy, and the identity of society : the case of the Israeli state; title: Patterns of militarism in Israel; title: The social construction of Israel's national security; title: Jurisdiction in an immigrant-settler society : the Jewish and democratic state; title: Exchanging territories for peace : a macrosociological approach; title: Nationalism, identity, and citizenship : an epilogue to the Yehoshua-Shammas controversy : a non-Platonic dialogue; title: The power-oriented settlement : PLO-Israel : the road to the Oslo Agreement and back?; title: Politicide : Ariel Sharon's legacy and the Palestinians.