Rubber Bullets – Power & Conscience in Modern Israel - Softcover

Ezrahi, Yaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520214161 ISBN 13: 9780520214163

Publisher: University of California Press, 1998

Synopsis

This text offers an analysis of the ways that history, politics and the national character of Israel come to bear on current affairs there. Author Yaron Ezrahi regards surprising and devisive events - such as the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu's defeat of Shimon Peres in the subsequent ministerial election - as signs of an ongoing, fundamental conflict in Israeli society. He explores the ways in which the conflict is felt in diverse aspects of Israeli life and culture, from the social dimensions of military service and the development of the modern Hebrew language to Israelis' attitudes toward nature and the status of women. In chapters that blend analysis with memoir, Esrahi tells the story of Israel's transformation from a defensive, embattled society held together by a myth of national liberation to a prosperous liberal society that must make room for the many different stories of individual Israelis.

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About the Author

Yaron Ezrahi is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Senior Fellow of the Israel Democracy Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520214161
• ISBN 13: 9780520214163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320