| The Disenchantment of the Orient: Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State Contributor(s): Eyal, Gil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804754039 ISBN-13: 9780804754033 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: " This is a brilliant book that challenges basic assumptions of Orientalism and Orientalists in general, and of studies of Israeli society in particular. Gil Eyal brings together several disciplines typically studied in isolation-- history of the Middle East, Jewish history, social history, and sociology-- in a way that bridges all these fields and merges them into one intergrated story. This pioneering work is indeed a tour de force." -- Yehouda Shenhav, Tel Aviv University " The Disenchantment of the Orient is at once an innovative study in the sociology of knowledge and an important contribution to understanding Israel and its relations to Arab society. Drawing on the analytic perspectives of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Latour, Gil Eyal develops an original framework for understanding the production of knowledge, its transformation into legitimate expertise, and struggles over its deployment. It should be read not only by those interested in the Middle East but by all those interested in the organization of intellectual fields." -- Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council, and University Professor, New York University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine |
| Dewey: 956.940 |
| LCCN: 2005031347 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.34" W x 9.28" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A historical narrative of how Israeli expertise in Arab affairs has contributed to the creation of cultural separatism between Jews and Arabs, a separatism that exacerbates the conflict between the two peoples. |