Israeli Nationalism

Taylor & Francis

Israeli NationalismSocial conflicts and the politics of knowledge\nAuthor(s): Uri Ram\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138788749, 978-1138788749\nSynopsis\nThe question of nationalism centres around the political, social, and cultural ways by which the concept and practice of a nation is constructed, and what it means to its various bearers. This book examines the issue of Jewish-Israeli nationalism, combining a sociological study of national culture with a detailed analysis of Israeli national discourse.\n\nTaking an interdisciplinary approach, the author explores the categories of thought that constitute the Jewish-Israeli \""nation\"" as an historical entity, as a social reality and as a communal identity. Unravelling the ways in which Israeli nationhood, society and identity had been assumed as immutable, monolithic and closely bound objects by Zionist ideology and scholarship, he then explores how in modern t.