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Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine
Ran Greenstein
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Description for Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine
Paperback. Challenges the nationalist and Zionist hegemony by discussing the hidden history of Communist and bi-national movements in Israel. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Mainstream nationalist narratives and political movements have dominated the Israeli-Palestinian situation for too long. In this much-needed book, Ran Greenstein challenges this hegemony by focusing on four different, but at the same time connected, attempts which stood up to Zionist dominance and the settlement project before and after 1948.
Greenstein begins by addressing the role of the Palestinian Communist Party, and then the bi-nationalist movement, before moving on to the period after 1948 when Palestinian attempts to challenge their unjust conditions of marginalisation became more frequent. Finally, he confronts the radical anti-Zionist Matzpen group, which operated ... Read more
Mainstream nationalist narratives and political movements have dominated the Israeli-Palestinian situation for too long. In this much-needed book, Ran Greenstein challenges this hegemony by focusing on four different, but at the same time connected, attempts which stood up to Zionist dominance and the settlement project before and after 1948.
Greenstein begins by addressing the role of the Palestinian Communist Party, and then the bi-nationalist movement, before moving on to the period after 1948 when Palestinian attempts to challenge their unjust conditions of marginalisation became more frequent. Finally, he confronts the radical anti-Zionist Matzpen group, which operated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334677
SKU
V9780745334677
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About Ran Greenstein
Ran Greenstein is Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is author of Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine (Pluto, 2014).
Reviews for Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine
'Offers coherent historical narratives of four political movements that have opposed Zionism since the 1920s, drawing on elusive sources. Highlights the fact that Palestinian Arabs as well as some Palestinian and Israeli Jews have always opposed the Zionist settlement movement'
Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Stanford University 'An outstanding illumination of the formative period of Palestinian ... Read more
Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Stanford University 'An outstanding illumination of the formative period of Palestinian ... Read more