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This book details on the important segment of Jewish society,
focusing on the role of intellectuals in the formation and growth
of the state of Israel. It examines the relationship between
Israeli intellectuals and their state as a case study.
National sovereignty, defined as a nation's right to exercise its
own law and practise over its territory, is a cherished norm in the
modern era, and yet it raises great legal, political and ethical
dilemmas. This study looks at the problems created by international
intervention.
This book tells the little-known stories of three all-Jewish
battalions formed in the British army as part of the Allies' Middle
East campaign, recruiting soldiers from the United States, Canada,
England, and Argentina. Many of the soldiers, ranging widely in
education level, social class, and combat experience, were
displaced immigrants or children of such immigrants. Together, they
coalesced into the all-Jewish battalions: "the liberators of the
Promised Land." The ranks of the Jewish Legions included some who
would become prominent leaders, such as David Ben-Gurion, Israel's
first prime minister, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel's second
president; however, this book focuses on the experiences of
ordinary soldiers who served alongside them. Drawing on diaries,
memoirs, and letters, the book follows their journey at sea through
unrestricted submarine warfare; by trains and trucks through
Europe, Egypt, and Palestine; and their battlefield experiences.
The authors show how these Yiddish-speaking young men forged a new
kind of soldier identity with unique Jewish features, as well as an
evolving sense of nationalism.
Politics and Literature shows how important insights about
genocide, poverty, state violence, world terrorism, the clash of
civilizations, and other phenomena haunting the world at the turn
of the millennium can be derived from contemporary novels. Keren
demonstrates ways in which fictional literature can provide new
perspectives on the complexities and contingencies of contemporary
politics. His fresh readings of well-known novels will be valuable
not only for political scientists but also for anyone interested in
current affairs who reads fiction but is not always aware of its
power to provide enlightenment on world issues. Works by JosA (c)
Saramago, Cormac McCarthy, Anosh Irani, John Le CarrA (c), and Yann
Martel, among others, are studied.
Online discourse has created a new media environment
forcontributions to public life, one that challenges the
socialsignificance of the role of public
intellectuals—intellectualswho, whether by choice or by
circumstance, offer commentary on issuesof the day. The value of
such commentary is rooted in the assumptionthat, by virtue of their
training and experience, intellectuals possessknowledge—that they
understand what constitutes knowledge withrespect to a particular
topic, are able to distinguish it from mereopinion, and are in a
position to define its relevance in differentcontexts. When
intellectuals comment on matters of public concern, theyare
accordingly presumed to speak truth, whether they are writing
booksor op-ed columns or appearing as guests on radio and
television newsprograms. At the same time, with increasing
frequency, discourse onpublic life is taking place online—l an
environment that ischaracterized by an abundance of speakers,
discussion, and access. Buthas this democratization of knowledge,
as some describe it brought withit a corresponding increase in
truth? Casting doubt on the assertion that online discourse, with
itsproliferation of voices, will somehow yield collective wisdom,
SpeakingPower to Truth raises concerns that this wealth of
digitally enabledcommentary is, in fact, too often bereft of the
hallmarks ofintellectual discourse: an epistemological framework
and the provisionof evidence to substantiate claims. Instead, the
pursuit of truth findsitself in competition with the quest for
public reputation, access toinfluence, and enhanced visibility. In
exploring the implications ofthe digital transition, the
contributors to Speaking Power to Truthprovide both empirical
evidence of, and philosophical reflection on,the current and future
role of the public intellectual in atechnologically mediated public
sphere.
Examining the web logs, or blogs, of individuals from a variety of
continents and cultures, this book highlights the nature of
'blogosphere,' the virtual public arena of the early 21st century,
which alters the traditional world of media and politics. It
characterizes this new arena by the unique combination of a fresh
voice of emancipation and a deep sense of melancholy and
isolationism. This journey through blogosphere highlights major
forces operating in today's politics: apathy toward political
affairs, resistance to globalization, a quest for redemption
through religious fundamentalism and terrorism. Michael Keren
compares bloggers to terrorists, arguing that while the methods
advocated by the two groups are obviously very different, they both
represent a similar trend, one of diversion by respected but
disenchanted citizens from the norms of civil society to a fantasy
world in which the excessive use of words_or bombs_would make
everybody listen.
Examining the web logs, or blogs, of individuals from a variety of
continents and cultures, this book highlights the nature of
'blogosphere,' the virtual public arena of the early 21st century,
which alters the traditional world of media and politics. It
characterizes this new arena by the unique combination of a fresh
voice of emancipation and a deep sense of melancholy and
isolationism. This journey through blogosphere highlights major
forces operating in today's politics: apathy toward political
affairs, resistance to globalization, a quest for redemption
through religious fundamentalism and terrorism. Michael Keren
compares bloggers to terrorists, arguing that while the methods
advocated by the two groups are obviously very different, they both
represent a similar trend, one of diversion by respected but
disenchanted citizens from the norms of civil society to a fantasy
world in which the excessive use of words_or bombs_would make
everybody listen.
This collection of essays investigates such diverse vehicles for
war commemoration as poems, battlefield tours, souvenirs, books,
films, architectural structures, comics, websites, and video games.
Drawing on essayists from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Israel
and the United States, this work explores the evolution from
traditional to contemporary forms of war commemoration while
addressing the fundamental question of whether these new forms of
memorial are meant to encourage the remembering or the forgetting
of the experience of war, as well as what implications the process
of commemoration may have for the continuation of the modern nation
state.
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