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The Invention of a Nation recounts the tortuous ordeal through
which the Jews reacted to the challenge of modernity. While some
contributed to the development of capitalism and put their talents
at the service of European states, others threw themselves into
revolutionary movements. Yet others imagined ways of
're-nationalising' Jews by transforming them into a nation. Thus
the Jews were formidable experimenters who participated in causes
with contradictory agendas: assimilation on the one hand and
nationalism on the other. The Invention of a Nation provides a
riveting history and an account of the various ideologies that make
up Zionism, ranging from Marxist to National Religious Zionism and
the far-right Abba Achimeir.
Israel is a country made up of contradictions. A lively democracy
in a multicultural society but within a state promoting a strong
national identity; a thriving economy in an unequal society; a
culture open to modern trends but drawing on the Hebrew past and
preoccupied with the Holocaust and the Arab-Israeli conflict; a
sovereign member in the international arena, whose existence is
still contested in the Middle East. The Routledge Handbook of
Modern Israel provides a comprehensive profile of the intricacies
of contemporary Israel, offering a unique, in-depth survey of the
country. Organised thematically, a full range of topics are
discussed, including: Politics and international relations The
foundation of the Israeli state The birth and development of the
Israeli economy Israeli culture Israel's role in the Middle East
Bringing together more than thirty notable contributors from across
the globe, this Handbook sheds light on the multifaceted reality of
modern Israel in order to better understand, beyond cliches, this
complex society.
Interest in the study of national identity as a collective
phenomenon is a growing concern among the social and political
sciences. This book addresses the scholarly interest in examining
the origins of ideologies and social practices that give historical
meaning, cohesion and uniqueness to modern national communities. It
focuses on the various routes taken towards the construction of
cultural authenticity as an inspirational purpose of
nation-building and reveals the diversity of the themes, practices
and symbols used to encourage self-identification and communality.
Among the techniques explored are the dramatization of suffering
and tragedy, the exaltation of heroes and deeds, the evocation of
landscape, nature and the arts and the delimitation of collective
values to be pursued during reconstruction in post-war periods.
Israel is a country made up of contradictions. A lively democracy
in a multicultural society but within a state promoting a strong
national identity; a thriving economy in an unequal society; a
culture open to modern trends but drawing on the Hebrew past and
preoccupied with the Holocaust and the Arab-Israeli conflict; a
sovereign member in the international arena, whose existence is
still contested in the Middle East. The Routledge Handbook of
Modern Israel provides a comprehensive profile of the intricacies
of contemporary Israel, offering a unique, in-depth survey of the
country. Organised thematically, a full range of topics are
discussed, including: Politics and international relations The
foundation of the Israeli state The birth and development of the
Israeli economy Israeli culture Israel's role in the Middle East
Bringing together more than thirty notable contributors from across
the globe, this Handbook sheds light on the multifaceted reality of
modern Israel in order to better understand, beyond cliches, this
complex society.
Populism is on the rise, and so are academic studies on populism.
The study of populism has long focused on the way its spokespersons
have behaved as an oppositional force, in Western countries in
particular. While discourses and practices of populists exercising
a protest function still merit attention, this volume trains the
focus on populists in government. The real novelty of the past
decade is that many populists are now (or have been) in power, in
Europe as well as in other parts of the world, and this book
intends to play a pioneering role from a geographical and
analytical standpoint. Besides Europe and Latin America, where
populism is well established, populists are today-or have been
recently-in office in the Middle East (Turkey, Israel), Asia
(India, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), and the
United States. In most of the cases, their rule has resulted in
forms of authoritarianism, giving birth to a new kind of regime
that combines elections-which populists need to nurture their
legitimacy-and attacks against institutions in charge of checks and
balances, including the judiciary. While most of the populist
rulers have consolidated their power, democratic resilience has
prevailed in some rare cases.
Published in English for the first time, this book defends the idea
that nationhood remains a central aspect of modernity. After the
breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the
following decade confirmed this hypothesis with the rise of
independence movements in Europe (in Scotland and Flanders) and the
persistence of claims to nationhood the world over (for example, in
Kurdistan and Tibet). A dual perspective informs Dieckhoff's
analysis: to understand the hidden social and cultural
underpinnings of post-Cold War identity dynamics, from Kosovo to
Catalonia and from Flanders to Corsica, and to examine how
societies can meet the challenge of national pluralism. Finding
liberalism, republicanism and multiculturalism unequal to this
task, he argues that only by building 'multi-nation' democratic
states can the issues be properly addressed and secessions
prevented. Contemporary liberal discourse often treats nationalism
as an archaic aberration -- as a primitive form of tribalism astray
in the modern world.Dieckhoff's sensitive and clear-headed analysis
shows why nationalism is in fact a fundamental facet of modernity,
which must be dealt with as such by states vulnerable to breakup.
The resurgence of nationalism in the nineties has lead to the
development of a growing body of literature on the many dimensions
of this modern phenomena. Nationalism has drawn a new kind of
scholarly attention: first in the social sciences, and then in
moral and political philosophy. It is unfortunate, however, that
most of the stimulating debates around the subject have been
limited by individual disciplinary boundaries. The Politics of
Belonging: Nationalism, Liberalism, and Pluralism represents the
opening of a dialogue between the social sciences, the moral, and
political philosophers. It also bridges the North Atlantic, opening
a discussion between Europeans and North Americans who study
nationalism. Authors in this volume deal with two main questions:
the linkage between political liberalism and nationalism and the
challenge of pluralism. Alain Dieckhoff has brought together an
impressive group of contributors who, together, carry out an
incisive investigation into these debates which are decisive for
fostering democracy in modern nation states. This volume is an an
indispensable resource for anyone dealing with questions of
identity, ethnicity, and nationalism.
The resurgence of nationalism in the nineties has lead to the
development of a growing body of literature on the many dimensions
of this modern phenomena. Nationalism has drawn a new kind of
scholarly attention: first in the social sciences, and then in
moral and political philosophy. It is unfortunate, however, that
most of the stimulating debates around the subject have been
limited by individual disciplinary boundaries. The Politics of
Belonging: Nationalism, Liberalism, and Pluralism represents the
opening of a dialogue between the social sciences, the moral, and
political philosophers. It also bridges the North Atlantic, opening
a discussion between Europeans and North Americans who study
nationalism. Authors in this volume deal with two main questions:
the linkage between political liberalism and nationalism and the
challenge of pluralism. Alain Dieckhoff has brought together an
impressive group of contributors who, together, carry out an
incisive investigation into these debates which are decisive for
fostering democracy in modern nation states. This volume is an an
indispensable resource for anyone dealing with questions of
identity, ethnicity, and nationalism.
The vulnerability which is the lot of any nation without a state
was experienced in a particularly extreme way by the Jews. With the
destitution and persecution of many Jewish communities in the 19th
century, especially in Eastern Europe, Jews demanded a solution to
their uprootedness. This required a state. Alain Dieckhoff recounts
the tortuous ordeal through which the Jews reacted to the challenge
of modernity. While some contributed to the development of
capitalism and put their talents at the service of the Western
European states, others threw themselves into revolutionary
movements. Yet others imagined ways of "re-nationalising" Jews by
transforming them into a nation. Thus the Jews were formidable
experimenters who participated in causes with contradictory
agendas: assimilation (bourgeois or socialist) or nationalism. The
text focuses on Zionism, whose ultimate objective was the creation
of a sovereign state for the Jews in Palestine. This required the
invention of the Jewish nation. Such an objective meant several
things: building a national language, defining a secularized and
territorialized Jewish identity, and using military power. This was
a difficult enterprise, as the national project was faced with the
persistence of communitarianism. But the enterprise was at least
partly successful: this process of politicization makes Israel a
paradigmatic example of the invention of a nation-state, the main
focus of this work.
Interest in the study of national identity as a collective
phenomenon is a growing concern among the social and political
sciences. This book addresses the scholarly interest in examining
the origins of ideologies and social practices that give historical
meaning, cohesion and uniqueness to modern national communities. It
focuses on the various routes taken towards the construction of
cultural authenticity as an inspirational purpose of
nation-building and reveals the diversity of the themes, practices
and symbols used to encourage self-identification and communality.
Among the techniques explored are the dramatization of suffering
and tragedy, the exaltation of heroes and deeds, the evocation of
landscape, nature and the arts and the delimitation of collective
values to be pursued during reconstruction in post-war periods.
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