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The Disenchantment of the Orient: Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State

The Disenchantment of the Orient: Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State

Eyal, Gil

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Israel & Palestine History

ISBN10: 0804761019
ISBN13: 9780804761017
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: Jul 16 2008
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In this historical study, Gil Eyal argues that before the formation of Israel, Jewish experts participated in constructing the Orient as both a metaphor for the rejuvenation of the Jewish nation, and an enchanted space populated by hybrid figures that mixed Jewish and Arab elements. But following the creation of the state, these experts took up a new role: creating boundaries (both external and internal) between Jews and Arabs, purifying the hybrids that inevitably exist on the margins of boundaries. The enchanted space of the Orient was destroyed, and its place was taken by expert discourses that reinforce the cultural separation between Jews and Arabs.

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