The Disenchantment of the Orient: Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Gil Eyal
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What role do the experts on Arab affairs play in Israeli society? How do they mediate between Israelis and their neighbors? And what role has expert knowledge and discourse played in bringing Arab and Jew together and in separating them?
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 new role: creating boundaries (both external and internal) between Jews and Arabs, purifying the hybrids that inevitably exist on the margins of boundaries. The enchanted space of the Orient was destroyed, and its place was taken by expert discourses that reinforce the cultural separation between Jews and Arabs.
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What role do the experts on Arab affairs play in Israeli society? How do they mediate between Israelis and their neighbors? And what role has expert knowledge and discourse played in bringing Arab and Jew together and in separating them?
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 new role: creating boundaries (both external and internal) between Jews and Arabs, purifying the hybrids that inevitably exist on the margins of boundaries. The enchanted space of the Orient was destroyed, and its place was taken by expert discourses that reinforce the cultural separation between Jews and Arabs.
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- Title The Disenchantment of the Orient: Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State
- Author Gil Eyal
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press
- Date 2006-05-08
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780804754033 / 0804754039
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.34 x 0.98 in (23.57 x 16.10 x 2.49 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Ethnic Orientation: Arabic
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Israel - Historiography, Jewish-Arab relations - Historiography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005031347
- Dewey Decimal Code 956.940
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 59
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