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ISBN:
9780511497537
Series Statement:
Cambridge Middle East studies 21
Uniform Title:
Umah ṿeha-maṿet
Content:
The ghost of the Holocaust is ever present in Israel, in the lives and nightmares of the survivors and in the absence of the victims. In this compelling and disturbing analysis, Idith Zertal, a leading member of the new generation of revisionist historians in Israel, considers the ways Israel has used the memory of the Holocaust to define and legitimize its existence and politics. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author exposes the pivotal role of the Holocaust in Israel's public sphere, in its project of nation building, its politics of power and its perception of the conflict with the Palestinians. She argues that the centrality of the Holocaust has led to a culture of death and victimhood that permeates Israel's society and self-image. For the updated paperback edition of the book, Tony Judt, the world-renowned historian and political commentator, has contributed a foreword in which he writes of Zertal's courage, the originality of her work, and the 'unforgiving honesty with which she looks at the moral condition of her own country'
Content:
The sacrificed and the sanctified -- Memory without rememberers -- From the People's Hall to the Wailing Wall -- Between love of the world and love of Israel -- Yellow territories
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521850964
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521616461
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521850964
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Political Science
Keywords:
Israel
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Judenvernichtung
;
Nationenbildung
;
Politische Identität
;
Nahostkonflikt
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511497537
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