Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine The Politics of National Commemoration

In a situation like that of the Palestinians and Israelis, hardly anyone can be expected to drop the quest for national identity and go straight to a history-transcending universal rationalism. Each of the two communities, misled though both may be, is interested in its origins, its history of su...

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Auteur principal: Khalili, Laleh
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Cambridge University Press 2013
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Accès en ligne:https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/35551
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Résumé:In a situation like that of the Palestinians and Israelis, hardly anyone can be expected to drop the quest for national identity and go straight to a history-transcending universal rationalism. Each of the two communities, misled though both may be, is interested in its origins, its history of suffering, its need to survive. To recognize these imperatives, as components of national identity, and to try to reconcile them, rather than dismiss them as so much non-factual ideology, strikes me as the task in hand.