Politics of Memory: The Israeli Underground's Struggle for Inclusion in the National Pantheon and Military Commemoralization

ISBN-13: 9780415412391 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 282 str.

Udi Lebel

Opis

Providing a new angle on state control and political legitimacy, this book addresses the efforts of successive Israeli governments to establish their political dominance and legitimacy through the selective production and collective assimilation of cultural practices associated with bereavement and commemoration of those who fell on their country's behalf.

Spis treści

Introduction: Politics of Memory, Bereavment and Military Commemoration 1.The Politics of Memory: Theoretical Framework and Basic Concepts 2.The Political Sphere: Building the Infrastructure for Memory Inclusion and Politics Closure of Bereavement 3.Commemorative Landscapes: the Politics of Hegemony in Physical Space 4.The language of sovereignty 5.The Politics of Historiography 6. The Period of Ambivalence (1963-1977): First Steps of Inclusion in National Commemoration and Memory 7. The Electoral Turnabout: Statism in the National Pantheon 8.Conclusion: Boundaries of National Pantheon- Confrontations in the Politics of Israeli Memory

O autorze

Udi Lebel is head of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ariel University and researcher at the Samaria and Jordan Rift R&D Center, Israel. He is an expert in Civil-Military Relations; Politics of Trauma, Death and Dying; Political Culture of Collective Memory and Bereavement.