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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL OBLIGATION
Ilan Zvi Baron
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Description for INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL OBLIGATION
Hardcover. Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, the author explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel being a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
This book offers a radical reframing of the idea of political obligation that uses the Jewish diaspora as its case study. Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel being a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew ... Read more
This book offers a radical reframing of the idea of political obligation that uses the Jewish diaspora as its case study. Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel being a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748692309
SKU
V9780748692309
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About Ilan Zvi Baron
Ilan Zvi Baron is Lecturer in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University.
Reviews for INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL OBLIGATION
The book presents an impressive multidisciplinary approach which includes, among others, a critical reading of the philosophical literature on political obligation, an analysis of Arendt and Foucault on power and identity, an engagement with the burgeoning transnationalism literature in international relations (IR) and ethnographic interviews with Jews in North America, Europe and Israel.
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Lior Erez, University of Cambridge, Political ... Read more