Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies

Baruch Kimmerling

Columbia University Press, Jun 4, 2010 - Social Science - 431 pages

By revisiting the past hundred years of shared Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli history, Baruch Kimmerling reveals surprising relations of influence between a stateless indigenous society and the settler-immigrants who would later form the state of Israel. Shattering our assumptions about these two seemingly irreconcilable cultures, Kimmerling composes a sophisticated portrait of one side's behavior and characteristics and the way in which they irrevocably shaped those of the other.

Kimmerling focuses on the clashes, tensions, and complementarities that link Jewish, Palestinian, and Israeli identities. He explores the phenomena of reciprocal relationships between Jewish and Arab communities in mandatory Palestine, relations between state and society in Israel, patterns of militarism, the problems of jurisdiction in an immigrant-settler society, and the ongoing struggle of Israel to achieve legitimacy as both a Jewish and a democratic state. By merging Israeli and Jewish studies with a vast body of scholarship on Palestinians and the Middle East, Kimmerling introduces a unique conceptual framework for analyzing the cultural, political, and material overlap of both societies. A must read for those concerned with Israel and the relations between Jews and Arabs, Clash of Identities is a provocative exploration of the ever-evolving, always-contending identities available to Israelis and Palestinians and the fascinating contexts in which they take form.

Contents

• Kimmerling CH 01 124pdf: 1
• Kimmerling CH 02 2557pdf: 25
• Kimmerling CH 03 5884pdf: 58
• Kimmerling CH 04 85103pdf: 85
• Kimmerling CH 05 104131pdf: 104
• Kimmerling CH 06 132153pdf: 132
• Kimmerling CH 07 154178pdf: 154
• Kimmerling CH 08 179198pdf: 179
• Kimmerling CH 09 199221pdf: 199
• Kimmerling CH 10 222234pdf: 222
• Kimmerling CH 11 235255pdf: 235
• Kimmerling CH 12 256270pdf: 256
• Kimmerling EPILOGUE 271302pdf: 271
• Kimmerling Chronology 303334pdf: 303
• Kimmerling NOTES 335414pdf: 335
• Kimmerling Index 415432pdf: 415

About the author

Baruch Kimmerling (1939-2007) was George S. Wise Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Widely regarded as the leading Israeli sociologist of his generation, Kimmerling's books include Politicide: Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians, The Invention and Decline of Israeliness, and, with Joel S. Migdal, The Palestinian People: A History.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies; Columbia international affairs online: Books
• Author: Baruch Kimmerling
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 023114329X, 9780231143295
• Length: 431 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / General