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Tragic Encounters and Ordinary Ethics: Palestine-Israel in British Universities
Ruth Sheldon
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Hardback. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; 1FBP; HRAM2; JHMC; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 284 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
For over four decades, events in Palestine-Israel have provoked raging conflicts within British universities around issues of free speech, 'extremism', antisemitism and Islamophobia. But why is this conflict so significant for student activists living at such a geographical distance from the region itself? And what role do emotive, polarised communications around Palestine-Israel play in the life of British academic institutions committed to the ideal of free expression? This book draws on original ethnographic research with student activists on different sides of this conflict to initiate a conversation with students, academics and members of the public ... Read more
For over four decades, events in Palestine-Israel have provoked raging conflicts within British universities around issues of free speech, 'extremism', antisemitism and Islamophobia. But why is this conflict so significant for student activists living at such a geographical distance from the region itself? And what role do emotive, polarised communications around Palestine-Israel play in the life of British academic institutions committed to the ideal of free expression? This book draws on original ethnographic research with student activists on different sides of this conflict to initiate a conversation with students, academics and members of the public ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Ethnographies
Condition
New
Weight
511g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993146
SKU
V9781784993146
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About Ruth Sheldon
Ruth Sheldon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London -- .
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