Title
Israel’s Dead Soul
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Department
English & Comparative Literature Department
Description
Israel's Dead Soul explores the failures of Zionism as a political and ethical discourse. Steven Salaita argues that endowing nation-states with souls is a dangerous phenomenon because it privileges institutions and corporations rather than human beings. Asserting that Zionism has been normalized—rendered "benign" as an ideology of "multicultural conviviality"—Salaita critiques the idea that Zionism, as an exceptional ideology, leads to a lack of critical awareness of the effects of the Israeli occupation in Palestinian territory and to an unquestioning acceptance of Israel as an ethnocentric state. Salaita's analysis targets the Anti-Defamation League, films such as Munich and Waltz with Bashir, intellectuals including Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson, gay rights activists, and other public figures who mourn the decline of Israel's "soul." His pointed account shows how liberal notions of Zionism are harmful to various movements for justice.
ISBN
9781439906385
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press
City
Philadelphia
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Salaita, S.
(2011).Israel’s Dead Soul. Temple University Press.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/225
MLA Citation
Salaita, Steven
Israel’s Dead Soul. Temple University Press, 2011.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/225
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https://www.worldcat.org/title/719383008