Origins and citizenship in Jordan, Israel, and Palestine
By: Riad Nasser
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780739146606; 9780739171608
Subjects: Ethnic identity; Jews; Israeli National characteristics; Palestinian Arabs; Ethnic relations; Jordanian National characteristics; Nationalism and collective memory; Palestinian National characteristics; Identity; Citizenship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Identity from a theoretical and historical perspective: 1. Modernity and the question of identity; title: 2. Arab and Jewish national ideologies; title: Part 2. Recovered histories and myth of origins: 3. The Jewish myth of origin; title: 4. The Palestinian myth of origin; title: 5. Rulers and ruled: myth of origin in Jordan; title: Part 3. Between nation and citizenship: 6. Citizenship in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine; title: 7. Conclusions.