The Others Within Us: Constructing Jewish-Israeli Identity

by Dan Bar-On

Book Overview

Dan Bar-On's psychosocial approach sees identity as dynamic, constructed in contra-distinction to various 'Others'. Drawing parallels to other societies, he looks most closely at identity formation among Israelis, or more precisely, among the largely secular Jews from European lands who formed the hegemonic backbone of Israeli society. Case studies and analysis depict various stages in identity formation, as do 'personal windows' onto the author as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521708281
• ISBN13: 9780521708289
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"