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Nationalism and the Israeli State - Bureaucratic Logic In Public Events (Paperback)
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Nationalism and the Israeli State - Bureaucratic Logic In Public Events (Paperback)
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National festivals. Military parades. Patriotic memorials. Such
public events and tributes naturally bring to mind the idea of
nationalism. But what is the cultural logic behind them? How does a
country such as Israel facilitate state-related public events as
enactments of nationalism? To answer these questions, renowned
anthropologist Don Handelman unpacks the meaning of national ritual
and symbol in Israel today. He argues that public events mirror
social order, a mirror that reflects to its participants and
audiences the message that the designers of such events wish to
communicate. Handelman considers the meaning of Holocaust and
military memorialism, and he investigates the role of holiday
celebrations, especially how they affect young children first
learning about their country. Analyzing state ceremonies such as
Holocaust Remembrance Day for the war dead, and Independence Day,
he notes the absence of minorities and examines their significance
in the promotion of a national identity. He also looks at how
Israel exports powerful symbols of statehood. Throughout, Handelman
develops his theory of bureaucratic logic as the driving force
behind expressions of nationalism in the modern state. He argues
that bureaucratic logic has a much wider cachet than simply
functioning as a way of thinking only about bureaucratic
institutions. The logic is crucial to how these institutions
function, but more so, it is a dominant force in forming modern
state social order. Bureaucratic logic is used incessantly to
invent and to modify all kinds of systems of classification that
often have profound consequences for individuals and for groups,
and that are ritualized powerfully through a host of state-related
public events.
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