When do words and actions empower? When do they betray? Based on
ethnographic fieldwork, this volume tracks the repercussions of
advocacy activism against house demolitions in 'unrecognised'
Arab-Bedouin villages in Israel's southern 'internal frontier'. It
highlights the repercussions of activism for victims, fund-raisers
and activists. The ethnographic episodes show how humanitarian aid
intervention and indigenous identity politics can turn into a
double-edged sword. Ironically, institutional lobbying for
coexistence and its interpretative categories can sometimes
perpetuate different forms of subjugation. The volume also shows
how, beyond the institutional lobbying, novel figures of activism
emerge: informal networks create non-sectarian, cross-cutting
countercultures and rethink human-environment relationships. These
experimental political subjects redefine the categories of the
conflict and elude the logic of zero-sum games; they point towards
a shifting paradigm in current ethnopolitics. Koensler outlines an
ethnographic approach for the study of social movements that
follows multiple relations around mobilisations rather than
studying activism in itself. This perspective thus becomes relevant
for scholars and activists engaged with the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and those interested in global rights discourses.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture |
| Release date: |
February 2015 |
| First published: |
2015 |
| Authors: |
Alexander Koensler
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
206 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4724-3945-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Political activism >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4724-3945-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781472439451 |
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