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Introduction: the past, its study and scholars -- The impact of the postmodern gospel and its apostles on the history discipline -- Memory and history -- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli historiography -- Post-Zionism and Jewish nationalism -- The controversy over the history of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel -- The Holocaust between history, memory and commemoration -- Memory and construction of identity in Israel -- History and memory in a divided society.;From the publisher. During the last 20 years, Israel has reached unprecedented prosperity, yet it is haunted by existential fears for its future, identity, and survival. Israel's legitimacy is under assault from within and without by a coalition of left-wing radicals, Palestinians and their sympathizers, and Muslim fundamentalists. All these groups deny the existence of a Jewish nation and argue that Jews do not need a nation state. Hence, Israel should either disappear completely or become 'a state of all its citizens' devoid of any Jewish symbol or identity. The origins of this campaign are twofold. One derives from the traditional opposition that has accompanied Zionism from its inception. The second is contemporary,

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Author

Gelber, Yoav

Publisher

Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780853039334

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, History, Social Sciences