Israel denial : anti-Zionism, anti-semitism, & the faculty campaign against the Jewish state / Cary Nelson

Author:: Nelson, Cary
Published:: Washington, DC : Academic Engagement Network ; Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Physical Description:: 548 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Contrasting agendas : boycott versus peacebuilding. The goals and tactics of the boycott movement ; Five components of a peace plan -- Four BDS faculty portraits. Judith Butler : a philosopher promotes a one-state fantasy ; Steven Salaita : the fluid line between anti-zionism and anti-semitism ; Saree Makdisi : criminalizing Israeli law and culture ; Jasbir Puar : obsessive demonology as a research agenda -- Teaching for empathy or hostility. Anti-zionist hostility : teaching to delegitimate the Jewish state ; Pedagogy as empathy : teaching Jewish-Israeli, Arab-Israeli, and Palestinian poetry together -- Challenges in professional associations and in Palestine. A faculty group organizes a boycott campaign ; Academic freedom in Palestinian universities ; The case for coordinated unilateral withdrawal from parts of the West Bank : a proposal to rescue the two-state paradigm -- Afterword: where BDS is headed in the academy.

Summary:

Israel Denial is the first book to offer detailed analyses of the work faculty members have published--individually and collectively--in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; it contrasts their claims with options for promoting peace. The faculty discussed here have devoted a significant part of their professional lives to delegitimizing the Jewish state. While there are beliefs they hold in common--including the conviction that there is nothing good to say about Israel--they also develop distinctive arguments designed to recruit converts to their cause in novel ways. They do so both as writers and as teachers; Israel Denial is the first to give substantial attention to anti-Zionist pedagogy. No effort to understand the BDS movement's impact on the academy and public policy can be complete without the kind of understanding this book offers.

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ISBN:

9780253045058 (hardcover)
0253045053 (hardcover)
9780253045041 (paperback)
0253045045 (paperback)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-521)and index.

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