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Format: 1 online resource (1330p.)

ISBN: 9783110351637

Series Statement: De Gruyter Reference

Content: This pioneering handbook is presenting Israel in its intellectual controversies regarding Zionism, the making of the State of Israel and contemporary Israeli society. In more than a dozen of thematic sections, a wide range of perspectives is covered. Among the debated key topics are “Israel and Democracy,” “Religion and State,” and “Zionism vs. Post-Zionism.” The Handbook constitutes a major reference work for anyone dealing with Israel.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Foreword -- , Table of Content -- , General Introduction -- , Part A: Cleavages -- , Topic I: Israel – West, East, or Global? -- , Introduction -- , 1. Israeli Culture Today: How Jewish? How Israeli? -- , 2. To What Degree Is Israeli Culture Jewish, and to What Degree Israeli? -- , 3. Hebrew Culture in Israel: Between Europe, the Middle East, and America -- , 4. Israeli Culture(s) Today: Globalized Archipelago of Isolated Communities -- , 5. Bauhaus Architecture in Israel: De-Constructing a Modernist Vernacular and the Myth of Tel Aviv’s “White City” -- , 6. Yam Tikhoniut: Mediterraneanism as a Model for Identity Formation in between -- , Topic II: A Theocracy? -- , Introduction -- , 7. Religion and State, One and the Same -- , 8. The Haredi-Secular Debate and the Shas Approach -- , 9. The Secular State in Rabbinic Thought -- , 10. Religion and State in Israel -- , 11. The Non-Separation of Religion and State in Israel: Does It Support the Racism and Nationalism Wave? -- , Topic III: One People? One Nation? -- , Introduction -- , 12. Russian-Speaking Israelis in the Ethno-Social Tapestry of Israel -- , 13. Immigration and Conflict in a Deeply Divided Society: The Encounter between Russian Immigrants and the Indigenous Palestinian Minority in Israel -- , 14. “About Miracles”: The Flourishing of the “Torah World” of Yeshivot and Kollelim in Israel -- , 15. The Divided People Revisited -- , Topic IV: Ethnic (In)Equality -- , Introduction -- , 16. Inequality in Israel: In the End, Israel Produced Its Own 1% -- , 17. What Has Become of the Ethnic Devil? Reflections on the Current State of Israeli Ethnicity -- , 18. On the Cultural Distinction between East and West among Israeli Jews -- , 19. We and the Others: Majority Attitudes toward Non-Jews in Israel -- , Topic V: Social (In)Justice -- , Introduction -- , 20. Social Justice in Israel: Shifting Paradigm -- , 21. Israel’s Socioeconomic Debate: A New Perspective -- , 22. A Short Economic History of Israel -- , 23. The Myth of Ethnic Inequality in Israel -- , Topic VI: Feminism -- , Introduction -- , 24. Debates within Israeli Feminism -- , 25. Navigating Gender Inequality in Israel: The Challenges of Feminism -- , 26. The Schizophrenic Reality of Israeli Women: A Cinematic Perspective, 2014 -- , 27. Gender Policy in Family and Society among Palestinian Citizens of Israel: Outside and Inside Influences -- , Topic VII: Discontinuities -- , Introduction -- , 28. “Ladies and Gentlemen, Mahapach”: The 1977 Realignment from a Political Historical Perspective -- , 29. The Likud as a Dominant Party and Israel’s Post-1977 Infrastructure -- , 30. The 1977 Changeover: The Emergence of a New Discourse among Palestinians in Israel -- , 31. The 1977 Paradox: Immediate Crises and Long- Range Economic and Political Restructuring Outcomes of the Changeover -- , 32. Dialectics of Change through Continuity: The 1977 Political Upheaval Revisited -- , Part B: The Challenge of Post-Zionism -- , Topic VIII: Militarism? -- , Introduction -- , 33. Israel: A Militaristic Society? -- , 34. Are Israel’s Media Critical of the IDF and the Security Culture? -- , 35. Militarism and Civil-Military Relations in Israel: A New Approach -- , 36. Patterns of Militarism in Israel -- , Topic IX: A Democracy? -- , Introduction -- , 37. “Ethnocracy”: The Politics of Judaizing Israel/ Palestine -- , 38. Israeli Democracy: Civic and Ethnonational Components -- , 39. What Kind of Democracy Is Israel? -- , 40. From Liberal Democracy to Ethnocracy: Different Conceptions of Israel’s Democracy -- , 41. Israel’s Vision: Jewish and Democratic -- , 42. Is Israel a Democracy? -- , Topic X: Debating Post-Zionism -- , Introduction -- , 43. Understanding the Divide: Arabs and Jews in Israel -- , 44. Is Israel a Colonial State? -- , 45. Is There Still a Future for Settlements in Zionist Ideology? -- , 46. The Colonialism/Colonization Perspective on Zionism/Israel -- , 47. What Do Those Who Claim Zionism Is Colonialism Overlook? -- , 48. Post-Zionism and Its Moral and Political Ramifications -- , 49. The Debate over the “New Historians” in Israel -- , Topic XI: Criticism of Israel – A Kind of Antisemitism? -- , Introduction -- , 50. Post-Zionists and Anti-Zionists: The “Otherjews’” Hour -- , 51. Parallel Lines: Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism in the 21st Century -- , 52. Anti-Zionist Discourse of the Left in Latin America: An Assessment -- , 53. Europe, Israel, the Jewish Communities, and Growing Antisemitism -- , 54. Criticism of Israel: A New Antisemitism? -- , Part C: Israel Outward -- , Topic XII: Israel-Diaspora -- , Introduction -- , 55. The Changing Status of Zionism and Israel in Latin American Jewry -- , 56. Ethnicity and State Policy: Israel in the Discourse of the Jewish Press in the USA during the Past Generation -- , 57. The French State, the Vertical Alliance, and the State of Israel -- , 58. French Jewry and the Israelization of Judaism -- , 59. Israel and the Diaspora: Convergent and Divergent Markers -- , 60. Israel-Diaspora Relations: “Transmission Belts” of Transnationalism -- , 61. Negation of the Diaspora from an Israeli Perspective: The Case of A. B. Yehoshua -- , Topic XIII: The Conflict -- , Introduction -- , 62. “They help to weave the veil”: Edgar Salin and the Israel Economic and Sociological Research Project -- , 63. A Perspective on the Prospects of Settling the Zionist-Palestinian Conflict -- , 64. Accords or Peace between Israel and the Palestinians -- , 65. The Binational Dilemma -- , 66. Why Is It So Difficult to Resolve the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict by Israeli Jews? A Socio- Psychological Approach -- , 67. Perspectives of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, 1917–2015 -- , 68. The Two-State Solution: A Way Out of the Impasse -- , List of Contributors -- , Glossary -- , Index of Persons -- , Index of Subjects , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 978-3-11-035160-6

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9783110351637

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110351637