The Postzionism Debates: Knowledge and Power in Israeli Culture
Postzionism is a term increasingly used in Israeli public culture to refer to those who challenge zionism's hegemony. This is the first book to discuss and analyze the debates over post-zionism that go to the heart of Israeli national identity and culture.\ Applying a framework drawn from contemporary cultural studies, postcolonial studies and the writings of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, The Postzionism Debates considers the arguments of the critics of post-zionism, who believe that it...
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The struggle for postzionism is a conflict over national memory and the control of cultural and physical space. Laurence J. Silberstein analyzes the phenomenon of postzionism and provides an intervention into this debate. Tikkun - Daniel Boyarin One of the most important books on Israeli culture...Its documents for the first time in English major shifts in Israeli culture, as well as peripherally in Jewish political culture outside of Israel.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Ch. 1Mapping Zionism/Zionist Mapping15Ch. 2Critique of Zionism: Critics from Within47Ch. 3Critique of Zionism: Critics from Without67Ch. 4Postzionism: The Academic Debates89Ch. 5Palestinian Critics and Postzionist Discourse: Anton Shammas and Emile Habiby127Ch. 6Postzionism, Postmodernism, and Postcolonial Theory: A Radical Postzionist Critique165Concluding Reflections207Endnotes211References241Index263
\ Daniel BoyarinOne of the most important books on Israeli culture...Its documents for the first time in English major shifts in Israeli culture, as well as peripherally in Jewish political culture outside of Israel. \ — Tikkun\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsSilberstein (Jewish Studies, Lehigh U.) explores historical and recent debates both within and outside of Israel, emphasizing issues of knowledge and power in the development of postzionist discourses. Includes discussion of the academic debates and such Palestinian critics as Anton Shammas and Emile Habiby. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
