The Invention and Decline of Israeliness
Subtitle: State, Society, and the Military
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 13, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780520246720
Subjects: Cultural studies; Multicultural studies; Nationalism; Politics/International Relations; General; Political Science; Ethnic Issues; Israel; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - General; Sociology - General; Political Science / General; Judaism - General; Identity; Israâeliens; Jews; National characteristics, Israeli
First sentence: In Israel, even more than in any other society, the past, present, and future are intermingled; collective memory is considered objective history, and history is a powerful weapon, used both in domestic struggles and external conflict.