Why have Israelis and Palestinians failed to achieve a two-state
solution to the conflict that has cost so much and lasted so long?
In Paradigm Lost, Ian S. Lustick brings fifty years as an analyst
of the Arab-Israeli dispute to bear on this question and offers a
provocative explanation of why continued attempts to divide the
land will have no more success than would negotiations to establish
a one-state solution. Basing his argument on the decisiveness of
unanticipated consequences, Lustick shows how the combination of
Zionism's partially successful Iron Wall strategy for dealing with
Arabs, an Israeli political culture saturated with what the author
calls "Holocaustia," and the Israel lobby's dominant influence on
American policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict scuttled efforts
to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Yet, he
demonstrates, it has also unintentionally set the stage for new
struggles and "better problems" for both Israel and the
Palestinians. Drawing on the history of scientific ideas that once
seemed certain but were ultimately discarded, Lustick encourages
shifting attention from two-state blueprints that provide no map
for realistic action to the democratizing competition that arises
when different subgroups, forced to be part of the same polity,
redefine their interests and form new alliances to pursue them.
Paradigm Lost argues that negotiations for a two-state solution
between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River are doomed and
counterproductive. Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs can enjoy the
democracy they deserve but only after decades of struggle amid the
unintended but powerful consequences of today's one-state reality.
General
| Imprint: |
University of PennsylvaniaPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2019 |
| First published: |
2020 |
| Authors: |
Ian S. Lustick
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8122-5195-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8122-5195-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780812251951 |
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