Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis: State and Politics in the Middle East

by Yaacov Yadgar

Book Overview

An important and topical contribution to the field of Middle East studies, this innovative, provocative, and timely study tackles head-on the main assumptions of the foundation of Israel as a Jewish state. Theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich, Yaacov Yadgar provides a novel analysis of the interplay between Israeli nationalism and Jewish tradition, arriving at a fresh understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through its focus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108715702
• ISBN13: 9781108715706
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"