Occupied minds: philosophical reflections on Zionism, anti-Zionism and the Jewish prison
Ben-Dor, Oren (2012) Occupied minds: philosophical reflections on Zionism, anti-Zionism and the Jewish prison. Holy Land Studies, 11, (1), 33-62. (doi:10.3366/hls.2012.0028).
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This article employs philosophical existentialism to argue that anti-Zionism as currently configured avoid's existential pathologies of political Zionism – pathologies that pertain to Jewish being and thinking. Such anti-Zionism, whether advocated by secular or orthodox Jews, is complicit with the preservation of the same existential denial that imprisons the minds of Zionists – denial that has the collective stake of preserving these pathologies. The truncated discourses of anti-Semitism and ‘Jewish self-hatred’ are examined and critiqued. The article also calls for a bold assessment and reconfiguration of anti-Zionism and its transformation into a genuine and effective ethical discourse that can challenge and liberate current Jewish mental imprisonment.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Followed by a response by Professor Mark Ellis, Professor of Jewish Thought, Beylor University, Texas: 'A Response: The Jewish [Prophetic] Prison', pp. 63-9. |
| ISSNs: | 1474-9475 (print) 1750-0125 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BM Judaism |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Law Faculty of Business and Law > Southampton Law School |
| Item ID: | 180855 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2011 14:44 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2013 11:02 |
| Contributors: | Ben-Dor, Oren (Author) |
| Date: | 1 May 2012 |
| Additional Information: | Followed by a response by Professor Mark Ellis, Professor of Jewish Thought, Beylor University, Texas: 'A Response: The Jewish [Prophetic] Prison', pp. 63-9. |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/180855 |
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