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- The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Wayne State University Press
summary
How should we understand the international debate about the future of Israel and the Palestinians? Can justice be achieved in the Middle East? Until now, there was no single place for people to go to find detailed scholarly essays analyzing proposals to boycott Israel and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement of which they are a part.
This book for the first time provides the historical background necessary for informed evaluation of one of the most controversial issues of our day— the struggle between two peoples living side-by-side but with conflicting views of history and conflicting national ambitions. This book encourages empathy for all parties, but it also takes a cold look at what solutions are realistic and possible. In doing so, it tackles issues, like the role of anti-Semitism in calls for the abolition of the Jewish state, that many have found impossible to confront until now. The book gathers essays by an international cohort of scholars from Britain, Israel, and the United States.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-ii
- Introduction
- pp. 12-29
- PART I: Opposing Boycotts As a Matter of Principle
- On Academic Boycotts
- pp. 31-38
- Against Academic Boycotts
- pp. 39-48
- The Fragility of Academic Freedom
- pp. 60-74
- PART II: The American Studies Association
- The Boycott Debate at Smith
- pp. 134-139
- PART III: The Bds Movement, The Left, and American Culture
- Islamism, BDS, and the West
- pp. 141-155
- Imaginary Jews
- pp. 282-292
- PART IV: The Israeli Context
- The Bi-nationalist Fantasy within Academia
- pp. 365-374
- PART V: A Concise History of Israel
- The History of Israel
- pp. 385-440
- PART VI: A Boycott Dossier
- Boycott Resolutions by Academic Associations
- pp. 442-453
- MLA Vote: Will Bias Beat Scholarship?
- pp. 461-464
- Speaking in Opposition
- pp. 465-470
- Online Resources
- pp. 471-475
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. 534-537
Additional Information
ISBN
9780990331612
Related ISBN(s)
9780990331605
MARC Record
OCLC
908671889
Pages
552
Launched on MUSE
2015-05-09
Language
English
Open Access
No