The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.
The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.
The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2006.
Date
2006.
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N956.9405/68
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English
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xii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
What is mizrahanut? a methodological introduction -- The Jews underneath the Arab's mask: the experience of the Orient in the prestate period -- The field of Orientalist expertise before 1948 -- The struggle over jurisdiction, 1948-1953 -- The discourse about the Arab village -- Military intelligenc...
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Publisher
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2006.
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California
Date Published
2006.
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"In this historical study, Gil Eyal argues that before the formation of Israel, Jewish experts participated in constructing the Orient as both a metaphor for the rejuvenation of the Jewish nation and an enchanted space populated by hybrid figures that mixed Jewish and Arab elements. But following the creation of the state, these experts took up a n...
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The disenchantment of the Orient : expertise in Arab affairs and the Israeli state / Gil Eyal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index.
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N956.9405/68
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74VKKXpxD22b
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0804754039 (hbk.) :
9780804754033 (hbk.) :
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956.9405019
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991021879199702626
