Review: Israel's National Identity: The Changing Ethos of Conflict by Neta Oren

Autor: Eve Spangler
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Palestine Studies. 49:123-124
ISSN: 1533-8614
0377-919X
DOI: 10.1525/jps.2019.49.1.123
Popis: Israel's National Identity: The Changing Ethos of Conflict , by Neta Oren. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019. 291 pages. $85.00 cloth, $85.00 e-book. Neta Oren, Israeli political scientist and current resident scholar at George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, has written a social-psychological study of the ethos that, in her estimation, forms Israeli national identity, at least with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She draws heavily on the work of her mentor, Daniel Bar-Tal, to explore how national identity is constructed within the context of a protracted and seemingly insoluble conflict. Oren makes the case that national identity is cocreated by state authorities, individual citizens, and mediating institutions. She uses data from political speeches, school curricula, public opinion surveys, and political party platforms to make her case, considering each data source in relation to six major themes of Israeli political identity. These are: the necessary Jewishness of the state, the fact that it is surrounded by enemies and yet …
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