Israel and the Politics of Jewish Identity: The Secular-Religious Impasse - Couverture rigide

Cohen, Asher; Susser, Bernard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801863457 ISBN 13 : 9780801863455

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The role of religion in a democratic society

Best Book award given by the Israel Political Science Association

Since the 1980s, relationships between secular and religious Israelis have gone from bad to worse. What was formerly a politics of accommodation, one whose main objective was the avoidance of strife through "arrangements" and compromises, has become a winner-take-all, zero-sum game. The conflict is not over who gets what. Rather, it is a conflict over the very character of the polity, a struggle to define Israel's collective character.

In Israel and the Politics of Jewish Identity Asher Cohen and Bernard Susser show how this transformation has been caused by structural changes in Israel's public sphere. Surveying many different levels of public life, they explore the change of Israel's politics from a dominant-party system to a balanced two-camp system. They trace the rise of the Haredi parties and the growing consonance of religiosity with right-wing politics. Other topics include the new Basic Laws on Freedom, Dignity, and Occupation; the effects of massive immigration of secular Jews from the former Soviet Union; the greater emphasis on liberal "good government"; and the rise of an aggressive investigative press and electronic media.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Asher Cohen is a lecturer in the Department of Politics at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of The Prayer Shawl and the Flag: Religious Zionism and the Vision of a Torah State in Israel's Formative Years. Bernard Susser is the Senator Patterson Professor of Politics at Bar-Ilan University. His many books include The Grammar of Modern Ideology and Choosing Survival: Prospects for a Jewish Future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801863457
• ISBN 13: 9780801863455
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
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