In Search of Identity : The Ongoing Crisis of Israeli Society

Hitman, Gadi

State University of New York Press（2025/08発売）

State University of New York Press（2025/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 176 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9798855803198
• DDC分類 305.80095694

Full Description

Describes and analyzes the main divisions within Israel's heterogenous society.

In November 2022, Israeli citizens went to the polls to elect their representatives to the legislature, the Knesset, for the fifth time in less than four years. This was the culmination of a political crisis that began in November 2018 when Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his position as minister of defense after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to approve a significant military move in the Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel has been caught in a political whirlwind. In Search of Identity seeks to find out the nature of the crisis in Israel by analyzing the main rifts in Israeli society. It describes and analyzes the main splits within Israel's heterogenous society, arguing these divisions have social, ideological, and political consequences, the most important being a lack of common national interests and vision. The goal herein is to present a society and country that has long been searching for identity, not only geographically but also in terms of moral values, ethics, and integrity.

Contents

Preface

1. Theoretical Dimensions of Identity and Cleavages

2. The Evolution of Right and Left

3. Statehood and Religion

4. The Jewish-Arab Cleavage

5. The Internal Arab Rift

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index