This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy series provides a political and philosophical critique of Zionism. While other nationalisms seem to have adapted to twenty-first century realities and shifting notions of state and nation, Zionism has largely remained tethered to a nineteenth century mentality, including the glorification of the state as the only means of expressing the spirit of the people. These essays, contributed by eminent international thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, Luce Irigaray, Judith Butler, Gianni Vattimo, Walter Mignolo, Marc Ellis, and others, deconstruct the political-metaphysical myths that are the framework for the existence of Israel. Collectively, they offer a multifaceted critique of the metaphysical, theological, and onto-political grounds of the Zionist project and the economic, geopolitical, and cultural outcomes of these foundations. A significant contribution to the debates surrounding the state of Israel today, this groundbreaking work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory, philosophy, Jewish thought, and the Middle East conflict.
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Introduction: “If not now, when?” Gianni Vattimo & Michael Marder Chapter 1: Anti-Semitism and Its Transformations Slavoj Žižek Chapter 2: How to Become an Anti-Zionist Gianni Vattimo Chapter 3: Is Judaism Zionism? Or, Arendt and the Critique of the Nation-State Judith Butler Chapter 4: Decolonizing the Nation-State: Zionism in the Colonial Horizon of Modernity Walter Mignolo Chapter 5: Karl Marx and Hannah Arendt on the Jewish Question: Political Theology as a Critique Artemy Magun Chapter 6: Notes on the Prophetic Instability of Zionism Marc H. Ellis Chapter 7: The Spirit of Zionism: Derrida, Ruah, and the Purloined Birthright Christopher Wise Chapter 8: Rex, or the Negation of Wandering Ranjana Khanna Chapter 9: The Hermeneutical Stance: Being Discharged at the Margins of Political Zionism Santiago Zabala Chapter 10: The Zionist Synecdoche Michael Marder Chapter 11: Sharing Humanity: Towards Peaceful Coexistence in Difference Luce Irigaray Index
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Deconstructing Zionism is by turn spectacular, compelling, difficult and tangential. For a practical-minded reader of politics, the contributions discussed here count amongst the best.
This Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy volume offers a critique of the foundations of the Zionist project and its culmination in the state of Israel.
Integrates the theory and practice of opposing state violence and oppressive collective identity formation
Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy encourages a sustained dialogue between the most important intellectual currents in recent European philosophy--including phenomenology, deconstruction, hermeneutics--and key political theories and concepts, both classical and modern. In doing so, it not only sheds new light on today's shifting political realities but also explores the previously neglected consequences of the two disciplines.
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ISBN
9781441105943
Publisert
2014-01-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic USA
Vekt
325 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208

Biographical note

Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. He is the author of Hermeneutic Communism (co-authored with S. Zabala), A Farewell to Truth; The Responsibility of the Philosopher; Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith (with R. Girard); Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography (with P. Paterlini); Art’s Claim to Truth; After the Death of God (with John D. Caputo); Dialogue with Nietzsche; The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty); Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and Law; and After Christianity. Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He is the Associate Editor of Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Critical Thought and the author of The Event of The Thing: Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism (2009).