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"This book, the first of its kind in the English language, reexamines the nation of Israel in terms of its origin as a haven for a persecuted people and its evolution into a multicultural society. Arguing that the monocultural regime built during the 1950s is over, Baruch Kimmerling suggests that the Israeli state has divided into seven major cultures. These seven groups, he contends, have been challenging one another for control over resource distribution and the identity of the polity.
He posits that six of these segments of the population, excluding Arabs, have bonded together under the umbrella of two ambiguous, but powerfully interlinked, metacultural codes: Jewishness and militarism. Kimmerling calls this phenomenon a "military-cultural complex," in which security and other social problems become highly intermingled.".
"Kimmerling, one of the most prominent social scientists and political analysts of Israel today, relies on a large body of sociological work on the state, civil society, and ethnicity to present an overview of the construction and deconstruction of the secular Zionist national identity. He shows how Israeliness is becoming a prefix for other identities as well as a legal and political concept of citizen rights granted by the state, though not necessarily equally, to different segments of society.
Provocative and controversial, The Invention and Decline of Israeliness will challenge even the most informed reader's knowledge of Israel and its history, culture and regime."--BOOK JACKET.
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Identity, Religion and state, Jews, Israeli National characteristics, Social conditions, Ethnic relations, National characteristics, israeli, Jews, identity, Israel, social conditions, Israel, ethnic relations, Israéliens, Juifs, Identité, Religion et État, Conditions sociales, Relations interethniques, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, Cultural, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, Cultural Policy, Popular Culture, RELIGION, Judaism, General, Nationale identiteit, Krijgsmacht, Identité collective, Caractère national israélien, Kulturelle Identität, Judentum, Militarismus, Identität, Civil-military relations, Le page disgraciéShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society, and the Military
December 13, 2005, University of California Press
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The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society, and the Military
December 3, 2001, University of California Press
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"In Israel, even more than in any other society, the past, present, and future are intermingled; collective memory is considered objective history, and history is a powerful weapon, used both in domestic struggles and external conflict."
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