From national to post-national territorial identities in Israel-Palestine

作者: David Newman

DOI: 10.1023/A:1019529827735

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摘要: Territory remains a central component of national identity in the contemporary political discourse between Israelis and Palestinians, both populations opposing power sharing within same space, for fear other's domination. The relates to conflict management desire separate spaces which identities are strengthened through territorial/national homogeneity. Zionist ideology most Jewish citizens Israel has strong territorial roots; hence they reject post-Zionist post-nationalist ideology, regardless whether accept possibility change Israel's configuration or diminishment importance dimension struggle. rights residency citizenship even second third generation remain linked with configurations State that will continue be called have anthem expressing aspirations single, exclusive, group. But readjustment, issues may become less relevant it is this sense post-Zionism focuses on pragmatism, rather than disappearance territory from nationality-citizenship debate altogether. It part process re-territorialization spatial reconfiguration identities, not reversal territorialization, if only because there no such thing as post-territorial notion organization power. boundaries more permeable, inclusive, but do disappear