ISBN: 9781844672592

In this original and wide-ranging study, Gabriel Piterberg examines the ideology and literature behind the colonization of Palestine, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Expl… Plus…

In this original and wide-ranging study, Gabriel Piterberg examines the ideology and literature behind the colonization of Palestine, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Exploring Zionism's origins in Central-Eastern European nationalism and settler movements, he shows how its texts can be placed within a wider discourse of western colonization. Piterberg revisits the work of Theodor Herzl, Gershom Scholem, Anita Shapira and David Ben-Gurion, among other thinkers influential in the formation of the Zionist myth, to break open prevailing views of Zionism. He demonstrates that it was in fact unexceptional, expressing a consciousness and imagination typical of colonial settler movement. Shaped by European ideological currents and the realities of colonial life, Zionism constructed its own story as a unique and impregnable one, in the process excluding the voices of an indigenous people - the Palestinian Arabs.; Social Sciences, Verso Books<

2008, ISBN: 184467259X

[EAN: 9781844672592], Neubuch, History|Jewish, History|Middle East|Israel, Political Science|General, Hardcover. In this original and wide-ranging study, Gabriel Piterberg examines the id… Plus…

[EAN: 9781844672592], Neubuch, History|Jewish, History|Middle East|Israel, Political Science|General, Hardcover. In this original and wide-ranging study, Gabriel Piterberg examines the ideology and literature behind the colonization of Palestine, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Explo.Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. 298 pages. 0.621, [PU: Verso]<