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The Myths of Liberal Zionism
Yitzhak Laor
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Description for The Myths of Liberal Zionism
Paperback. One of Israel's most controversial writers demystifies the "peace camp" liberals Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Yitzhak Laor is one of Israel's most prominent dissidents and poets, a latter-day Spinoza who helps keep alive the critical tradition within Jewish culture. In this work he fearlessly dissects the complex attitudes of Western European liberal Left intellectuals toward Israel, Zionism and the "Israeli peace camp."
He argues that through a prism of famous writers like Amos Oz, David Grossman and A.B. Yehoshua, the peace camp has now adopted the European vision of "new Zionism," promoting the fierce Israeli desire to be accepted as part of the West and taking advantage of growing Islamophobia across Europe.
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Yitzhak Laor is one of Israel's most prominent dissidents and poets, a latter-day Spinoza who helps keep alive the critical tradition within Jewish culture. In this work he fearlessly dissects the complex attitudes of Western European liberal Left intellectuals toward Israel, Zionism and the "Israeli peace camp."
He argues that through a prism of famous writers like Amos Oz, David Grossman and A.B. Yehoshua, the peace camp has now adopted the European vision of "new Zionism," promoting the fierce Israeli desire to be accepted as part of the West and taking advantage of growing Islamophobia across Europe.
The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784786281
SKU
V9781784786281
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About Yitzhak Laor
Yitzhak Laor is a distinguished Israeli poet, novelist and veteran political activist. A longtime editor and writer for the daily newspaper Haaretz, he now also edits an independent journal of literature and political thought, Mita'am.
Reviews for The Myths of Liberal Zionism
Brave, yes-Laor is a poet-determined, yes-his unmasking of the hypocrisy of Israeli writers such as Amos Oz is irrefutable-modest, yes-he often speaks of his doubts-yet what makes his book so original and urgent is its historical reasoning: a disciple of Herodotus, Laor observes, narrates and questions all the ancient and contemporary half-truths concerning Jews, Europe and colonialism, which have culminated ... Read more