Social Critique and Commitment
Essays in Honor of Henry Rosenfeld
Published on 15. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
374 pages
978-0-7618-3149-5 (ISBN)
Description
Social Critique and Commitment: Essays in Honor of Henry Rosenfeld is a compilation of primarily original essays that deal with Israel from a critical position. The essays touch upon central concerns such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, Arabs in Israel, the economy, and social policy. A second emphasis characterizing the volume and reflecting the work of Professor Rosenfeld is a sharp and critical analysis of ethnographic data, mostly with regard to Israeli society, but in certain cases ranging beyond. In addition to articles addressing the unraveling of Israel's welfare network, the impact of neo-liberal economic policies, the changing societal attitudes toward the rule of law, are essays dealing with international terror, spirit possession, the Bedouin of Sinai, and ethnic cleansing. The essays highlight the conflicted nature of Israeli society and emphasize that what is occurring on this small canvas has ramifications going beyond the particular and specific, bearing regional and indeed world-wide implication.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-3149-5 (9780761831495)
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Persons
Majid Al-Haj is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israel. Professor Al-Haj holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michael Saltman is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israel. Saltman holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Brandeis University, Massachusetts. Zvi Sobel is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israel. Professor Sobel received his doctorate from the New School for Social Research, New York.
Content
Chapter 1 Contributors Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1967 as a Political-Economic Turning Point: Shlomo Swirski Chapter 4 The Political Culture of the Separation of Powers in Israel: Michael Saltman Chapter 5 Demography, Politics, and the 'Natural Family': Donor Insemination in Israel: Daphna Birebaum-Carmeli and Yoran S. Carmeli Chapter 6 Rhetoric of the Destruction of the Israeli Welfare State: Nora Reiss Chapter 7 Education, Social Change, and Control: The Case of the Palestinians in Israel: Majid Al-Haj Chapter 8 Between Town and Village: Continuity and Change in Arab Localities in Israel: Rassem Khamaisi Chapter 9 Suicide Terrorism and America's Mission Impossible: Scott Atran Chapter 10 Some Reflections on Anthropology and Political Economy: Keith Hart Chapter 11 The Globalization of Spirit Possession: Herbert S. Lewis Chapter 12 The Bedouin's Lifeline: Roving Traders in South Sinai: Emanuel Marx Chapter 13 "Pleasures of Duty" of the Occupiers, "Duty of Sumud" of the Besieged: The Israeli Imposed Closure Regime in the Occupied West Bank: Maya Rosenfeld Chapter 14 The Dispersal, Ethnic Cleansing and Return of the Tatar People: Baruch Kimmerling Chapter 15 Why It's So Hard to Teach radical Ideas: Some Reflections on the Sociology of (Radical) (Sociology) Teaching: Yuval Yonay Chapter 16 What Went Wrong?: Alex Weingrod Chapter 17 A Talk with Henry: Zvi Sobel Chapter 18 Henry Rosenfeld: Some Signposts and Bibliography