1st Edition
Nationalism and the Israeli State Bureaucratic Logic In Public Events
By Don Handelman
Copyright 2004
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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National festivals. Military parades. Patriotic memorials. Such public events and tributes naturally bring to mind the idea of nationalism. But what is the cultural logic behind them? How does a country such as Israel facilitate state-related public events as enactments of nationalism? To answer these questions, renowned anthropologist Don Handelman unpacks the meaning of national ritual and... Read more
IntroductionBasic Categories: Citizenship, Nationality, Ethnicity, MinoritySocialization: Nationalism and Bureaucratic LogicCelebrations of the National: Holiday Occasions in KindergartensCelebrations of Bureaucratic Logic: Birthday Parties in Israeli KindergartensFruition: Nationalism and Bureaucratic Logic Facing the Sea, Climbing the Mountain: Temporal and Topological Dimensions of National Public EventsThe Opening Event of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bureaucratic Logic, Bureaucratic AestheticsSequencing the National: Remembrance Day and Independence DayThe Holes of AbsenceThe Presence of Absence: The Memorialization of National DeathAbsence Rising: Telling Little Holocaust Stories in IsraelNationalism and Memorialism AbroadThe Memorial Olympics of 1984: Israel and the Symbolism of Nationalism and Internationalism in Los AngelesPostscriptPostludeReferences Cited
Biography
Don Handelman is Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
