Description
A major history of Zionism and the state of Israel, written with "real knowledge and empathy" by the renowned author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Guardian) Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan Pappe looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology. The Idea of Israel considers the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the country's education system, media, and cinema, and the uses that are made of the Holocaust in supporting the state's ideological structure. In particular, Pappe examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the
1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. Pappe himself was part of the post-Zionist movement that arose then. He was attacked and received death threats as he exposed the truth about how Palestinians have been treated and the gruesome structure that links the production of knowledge to the exercise of power. The Idea of Israel is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, and the future, of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Author: Ilan Pappe
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/05/2016
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781784782016
ISBN10: 1784782017
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East | Israel & Palestine
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Nationalism & Patriotism
1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. Pappe himself was part of the post-Zionist movement that arose then. He was attacked and received death threats as he exposed the truth about how Palestinians have been treated and the gruesome structure that links the production of knowledge to the exercise of power. The Idea of Israel is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, and the future, of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Author: Ilan Pappe
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/05/2016
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781784782016
ISBN10: 1784782017
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East | Israel & Palestine
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Nationalism & Patriotism
About the Author
Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His many books include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and Gaza in Crisis (with Noam Chomsky). He writes for, among others, the Guardian and the London Review of Books.