Narrative and the Politics of Identity

CONTENTS Preface PART 1. Orientations A Note on Geographic Terminology Prologue Chapter 1. Culture, Identity, and Story: A Framework for the Study of Lives I. Preliminary Provocations II. Capturing Culture III. Interrogating Identity IV. The Cultural Psychology of Identity V. Experimenting with Identity VI. The Cosmopolitan Ideal VII. Identity as Burden or Benefit? VIII. Politicizing Psychology, Psychologizing Politics IX. An Orientation Chapter 2. A "Stranger" in the Holy Land I. A Position II. A Personal Narrative III. Approaching the Study of Lives IV. The Politics of the Field V. Field Sites in Israel and Palestine Jerusalem Ramallah Qadas Beit Jala and Bethlehem Tulkarm and Nablus Tel Aviv Taybeh Haifa The Gilboa VI. Field Sites in the United States Seeds of Peace Hands of Peace VII. The Interviewees VIII. The Interview Procedure IX. Analytic Strategy PART 2. Stories Chapter 3. "Jewish in My Blood": Stories of Jewish Israeli Youth I. The Master Narrative of Jewish Israeli Identity An Introduction Contestations Theme 1: Persecution and Victimization Theme 2: Existential Insecurity Theme 3: Exceptionalism Theme 4: Delegitimization of Palestinian Identity Summary II. The Stories of Youth Yossi: The Ambivalent Pragmatist Noa: The Kibbutznik Roai: The Settler Ayelet: The Cosmopolitan III. Summary: The Cultural Psychology of Jewish Israeli Youth Chapter 4. "It's Not a Normal Life We Lead": Stories of Palestinian Youth I. The Master Narrative of Palestinian Identity An Introduction Contestations Theme 1: Loss and Dispossession Theme 2: Resistance Theme 3: Existential Insecurity Theme 4: Delegitimization of Israeli Identity Summary II. The Stories of Youth Ali: The Unlikely Islamist Adara: The Pious Villager Luca: The Christian Fighter Lubna: The Survivor III. Summary: The Cultural Psychology of Palestinian Youth Chapter 5. "I Had a War with Myself": Palestinian-Israeli Youth and the Narration of Hyphenated Identities I. The Master Narrative of Palestinian-Israeli Identity Theme 1: Discrimination and Subordination Theme 2: Hyphenation and "Double Marginality" Theme 3: Existential Insecurity Summary: The Palestinian-Israeli Master Narrative II. The Stories of Youth "I am Israeli First": The Story of Jibril "I Had a War with Myself": The Story of Rania "I am Divided between the Two": The Story of Sami III. Summary: The Cultural Psychology of Palestinian-Israeli Youth PART 3. Interventions Chapter 6. Peace and the Politics of Contact: A Brief History I. Contact: The Allure and the Challenge II. The Pathology of Prejudice III. The Normative Psychology of Prejudice IV. From Personality to Identity V. Identity and the Cultural Psychology of Contact VI. The Idea of Israeli-Palestinian Contact VII. Contact, Narrative, and Identity Chapter 7. Re-Storying Self and Other: An American Experiment I. The Synagogue and the Mosque II. Identity Transcendence "I Had Never Even Spoken to an Arab": The Story of Liat "I Have Been Changed a Lot": The Story of Laila "Maybe They are the Victim, the Real Victim": The Story of Noa Summary: The Problem of Transcendence III. Identity Accentuation The Fatalist: The Story of Mohammed The Settler: Revisiting the Story of Roai The New Palestinian: Revisiting the Story of Jibril IV. From Transcendence to Accentuation: An Analysis of Two Narratives over Time The Cosmopolitan: Revisiting the Story of Ayelet The Realist: Revisiting the Story of Laila V. Conclusion: Contact and Identity PART 4. Possibilities Chapter 8. Peace, Justice, and the Politics of Identity: Toward a New Praxis I. A Virtual Dialogue II. Ambitious Arguments III. Narrative and the Psychological Infrastructure of Conflict IV. Against Cosmopolitanism American Intervention as a "Civilizing" Project The Problem of Power and Social Structure The Meaning of Contact V. What's Wrong with Identity? VI. Psychology and the Politics of a New Praxis: From Interpretation to Social Change Undisciplining the Discipline Politicizing Peace Psychology Peril and Promise in Israeli and Palestinian Lives References