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The Israeli nation-state : political, constitutional, and cultural challenges /

This volume of original essays, by some of Israel's most remarkable public and academic voices, offers a series of state-of-the art, accessible analyses of Israel's ever-evolving theater of statecraft, public debates, and legal and cultural dramas, its deep divisions and--more surprisingly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Oz-Salzberger, Fania (Editor ), Stern, Yedidia Z. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2014.
Colección:Israel (Boston, Mass.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introductory Remarks / Oz-Salzberger, Fania / Stern, Yedidia Z.
  • Part I. Revisiting the Basics
  • 1. The State of Israel and National Identity / Stern, Yedidia Z.
  • 2. What is Zionism? / Taub, Gadi
  • Part II. Historical and Philosophical Contexts
  • 3. Democratic First, Jewish Second: A Rationale / Oz-Salzberger, Fania
  • 4. Cosmopolitanism versus Normative Difference: From Habermas to Levinas-Is Israel an Exception? / Wolosky, Shira
  • 5. The Holocaust as the Zionist and Anti-Zionist Narrative of the State of Israel / Shapira, Anita
  • Part III. State and Nation
  • 6. The Constitutional Significance of the Jewishness of Israel / Bendor, Ariel L.
  • 7. Reflections on the Meaning and Justification of "Jewish" in the Expression "A Jewish and Democratic State" / Gavison, Ruth
  • 8. Israel as a Nation-State in Supreme Court Rulings / Bakshi, Aviad / Sapir, Gideon
  • 9. A Jewish Majority as the Leading Criterion for Shaping Immigration Policy to Israel / Zilbershats, Yaffa
  • Part IV. State and Religions
  • 10. Religion and State: A Critical Analysis of Meanings in Public Discourse / Sagi, Avi
  • 11. The Right to the Land: From Moral Justifications to Religious Justifications and Back Again / Statman, Daniel
  • 12. The Liberal/Multicultural Nature of the Religious Accommodations for the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel: A Curse or a Blessing? / Karayanni, Michael M.
  • Part V. Society, Culture, and Demography
  • 13. Is Israeli Society Disintegrating? Doomsday Prophecies and Facts on the Ground / Yakobson, Alexander
  • 14. The Palestinian Israelis' Attempt to Challenge the Jewish State in Education: A Citizenship Act or a Radical Shift? / Agbaria, Ayman K.
  • 15. The Future of Nationhood in Israel / Passig, David
  • Index