To Rule Jerusalem (Hardcover, New)

This is an historical and ethnographic account of the 20th-century struggle for Jerusalem. The volume examines how Jerusalem is doubly divided, on the one hand between Israelis and Palestinians, each of whom ground their national identities in the city, as well as within each nation between those who put primacy in the democratic decisions of their nations and those who would yield to a higher divine law. Professors Friedland and Hecht explore how Jerusalem has figured as a battleground in conflicts over the relation between Zionism and Judaism and between Palestinian nationalism and Islam. Based on hundreds of interviews with powerful players and ordinary citizens over the course of a decade, this book evokes the ways in which these conflicts are experienced and managed in the life of the city. To Rule Jerusalem is a study of the intertwining of religion and politics, exploring the city as simultaneously an ordinary place and an extraordinary symbol.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Roger Friedland • Richard Hecht
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	574
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-44046-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-521-44046-7
Barcode:	9780521440462

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