Is Israel One? : Religion, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism Confounded
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| Title: | Is Israel One? : Religion, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism Confounded |
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| Description: | This book delves into Israeli society where internal divides have emerged from divergent value systems in a context of powerful globalization, immigrant–society behavior, and a sharp majority–minority division. A short but hectic experience, Jewish nationalism draws its vitality from reformulations of ancestral symbols which permeate the dynamics of the confrontations of the dominant culture and numerous parties, all contesting its exigencies. Israel's conflicts revolve around this issue, forming a unique dynamic of multiple interacting forces of convergence and divergence. This case raises several major questions about the sociology of multiculturalism.Is Israel One?'was selected Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2006. |
| Authors: | Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Yochanan Peres |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Jews--Israel--Identity, Israelis, Multiculturalism--Israel, Cultural pluralism--Israel, National characteristics, Israeli |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book delves into Israeli society where internal divides have emerged from divergent value systems in a context of powerful globalization, immigrant–society behavior, and a sharp majority–minority division. A short but hectic experience, Jewish nationalism draws its vitality from reformulations of ancestral symbols which permeate the dynamics of the confrontations of the dominant culture and numerous parties, all contesting its exigencies. Israel's conflicts revolve around this issue, forming a unique dynamic of multiple interacting forces of convergence and divergence. This case raises several major questions about the sociology of multiculturalism.Is Israel One?'was selected Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2006. |
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| ISBN: | 9789004143944 9789004194007 9781429453103 9789047407539 |
