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A Just Zionism on the Morality of the Jewish State
By Chaim Gans
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Today, alongside a violent Middle Eastern anti-Semitism that refuses to accept Israel's existence, there are two academically respectable arguments for the injustice of Zionism that dominate: it is an exclusivist ethnocultural nationalism out of step with current visions of multicultural nationhood, and the Jewish right of return unfairly stigmatizes non-Jews on ethnocultural grounds. While many therefore claim that Zionism is on balance an unjust political philosophy, Chaim Gans seeks out a more nuanced ground to explain why Zionism, despite its manifest flaws, is just. Its flaws stem from the current situation, where exigencies have distorted its application, and from historical forces that have ended up favoring the notion of Jewish hegemony. For Gans, the justice of Zionism is not a black and white proposition. Rather, it's a project in need of repair, which it can do by reconceptualizing Jews' relationship with the Palestinian population and by adhering to a significantly more limited version of Jewish hegemony.
Ultimately, A Just Zionism offers a concrete, historically and geographically rooted investigation of the limits of contemporary nationalism in one of the world's most fraught cases.
Product details
- Edition:
- 1
- Number of Pages:
- 178
- Release Date:
- 2008-06-23
- Publication Date:
- 2008-06-01
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 019534068X
- ISBN13:
- 9780195340686
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 438 g
- Height:
- 161 cm
- Width:
- 240 cm
- Thickness:
- 14 cm
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