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Book Summary
About the Book: Israel Has a Jewish Problem: Self-Determination as
Self-Elimination
Examining the production and assimilation of Jews as "the nation" in the modern
state of Israel, this book shows how identity is constrained through myriad
struggles over the meanings and practices of being Jewish. Based on years of
ethnographic engagement, the book employs Franz Kafkas writing as a theoretical
lens in order to frame the seemingly bizarre and self-contradictory processes it
describes. While other scholars have explained Jewish identity conflicts in
Israel in terms of a dichotomy between the secular and the religious, this book
suggests that such an analysis is inadequate. Instead, it traces
ISBN-13
9780190680251
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Oxford UP
Publishing Date
2019-12
Total Pages
232
Israel Has a Jewish Problem: Self-Determination as Self-Elimination
About the Book: Israel Has a Jewish Problem: Self-Determination as
Self-Elimination
Examining the production and assimilation of Jews as "the nation" in the modern
state of Israel, this book shows how identity is constrained through myriad
struggles over the meanings and practices of being Jewish. Based on years of
ethnographic engagement, the book employs Franz Kafkas writing as a theoretical
lens in order to frame the seemingly bizarre and self-contradictory processes it
describes. While other scholars have explained Jewish identity conflicts in
Israel in terms of a dichotomy between the secular and the religious, this book
suggests that such an analysis is inadequate. Instead, it traces