Format:
Online-Ressource (281 p)
ISBN:
9780231157582
Series Statement:
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Content:
"In this book Udi Aloni, causing a power fault in the ruling liberal attitude by way of short-circuiting different levels of ideology, art, and thought; rewrites the Oedipus myth and rejects liberal Zionism. Who but Aloni can combine the tremendous poetic power of creating new myths with the perspicuous mind of a cold theoretician? Who but Aloni can ground his ruthless critique of Zionism into his unconditional fidelity to the Jewish tradition? If anyone needs a proof that political theology is well and alive, here it is!"-Slavoj ŽižekIn the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity fo
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Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; FOREWORD; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE THE VISIT OF THE THREE MAGI TO THE HOLY LAND; Slavoj Žižek in Ramallah; Alain Badiou in Haifa; Judith Butler in Sheikh-Jarrah; 1 THEOLOGY; A Manifesto for the Jewish-Palestinian Arabic-Hebrew State; Why We Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions; The Star of Redemption with a Split א; 2 BODY; Samson the Non-European; Pnay El (Face of God); Jocasta's Dream; 3 PLACE; The Specters of a Borrowed Village; For Palestine Is Missing from Palestine; The Fish Who Became a Shahid; Jenin and Homeopathy
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A Murder Is a Murder Is a Murder4 POLITICS; Trust Your Dreams; Thus Spoke the Left; The Betrayal of the Peace Camp; From Now on Say I Am a Palestinian Jew; And Who Shall I Say Is Calling?; Come Out of Your Political Closets; This Time It's Not Funny!; Elementary, My Dear Schnabel; What Do You Mean When You Say "Left"?; 5 ART; An Angel Under Siege; Local Angel; Holy Language, Holy Place; Forgiveness; An Angel I Borrowed; Stabat Mater; 6 LANGUAGE; "The Jew Is Within You, But You, You Are in the Jew"; What Does a Jew Want? On the Film Local Angel
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"I will tremble the underground" On the Film ForgivenessAngel for a New Place On the Film Local Angel; The Four Dimensions of Art On the Film Forgiveness; Existence on the Boundary On the Film Kashmir: Journey to Freedom; There are some muffins there if you want. . . .; EPILOGUE; Oh, Weakness; or, Shylock with a Split S; Jenin in Wonderland; MY VERY SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY; Pledge to Our Language; We Lacked a Present; An Opening for an Interview; Who Is a Terrorist?; A Man Goes;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231527378
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231157599
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe What Does a Jew Want? : On Binationalism and Other Specters
Language:
English
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