Ilan PappÃ©
Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan PappÃ© looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology. ,The Idea of Israel, considers the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the countryâ€™s education system, media, and cinema, and the uses that are made of the Holocaust in supporting the stateâ€™s ideological structure.,In particular, PappÃ© examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. PappÃ© himself was part of the post-Zionist movement that arose then. He was attacked and received death threats as he exposed the truth about how Palestinians have been treated and the gruesome structure that links the production of knowledge to the exercise of power. ,The Idea of Israel, is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, and the future, of the Palestinianâ€“Israeli conflict.
History,Politics,Nonfiction,Cultural,Israel,Religion,Judaism,Philosophy,Religion,Literature,Jewish
The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge