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Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies
Contributor(s): Kimmerling, Baruch (Author)
ISBN: 023114329X     ISBN-13: 9780231143295
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Jewish Studies
- Social Science | Islamic Studies
Dewey: 305.800
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.14" W x 8.96" (1.34 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Ethnic Orientation - Arabic
 
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By revisiting the past hundred years of shared Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli history, Baruch Kimmerling reveals surprising relations of influence between a stateless indigenous society and the settler-immigrants who would later form the state of Israel. Shattering our assumptions about these two seemingly irreconcilable cultures, Kimmerling composes a sophisticated portrait of one side's behavior and characteristics and the way in which they irrevocably shaped those of the other.

Kimmerling focuses on the clashes, tensions, and complementarities that link Jewish, Palestinian, and Israeli identities. He explores the phenomena of reciprocal relationships between Jewish and Arab communities in mandatory Palestine, relations between state and society in Israel, patterns of militarism, the problems of jurisdiction in an immigrant-settler society, and the ongoing struggle of Israel to achieve legitimacy as both a Jewish and a democratic state. By merging Israeli and Jewish studies with a vast body of scholarship on Palestinians and the Middle East, Kimmerling introduces a unique conceptual framework for analyzing the cultural, political, and material overlap of both societies. A must read for those concerned with Israel and the relations between Jews and Arabs, Clash of Identities is a provocative exploration of the ever-evolving, always-contending identities available to Israelis and Palestinians and the fascinating contexts in which they take form.