The question of the enemy emerges in this book as contingent on the way Europe has related to both Jew and Arab as concrete enemies. Moreover, the author provocatively argues that the Jew and the Arab constitute the condition of religion and politics. Among the many strengths of the book is the timeliness of its profound study of contemporary actuality: the volume provides a basis for a philosophical understanding of the forces at work that produced and kindled current conflicts in Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East.
The question of the enemy emerges in this book as contingent on the way Europe has related to both Jew and Arab as concrete enemies. Moreover, the author provocatively argues that the Jew and the Arab constitute the condition of religion and politics. Among the many strengths of the book is the timeliness of its profound study of contemporary actuality: the volume provides a basis for a philosophical understanding of the forces at work that produced and kindled current conflicts in Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East.
The Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy
296The Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy
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ISBN-13: | 9780804748247 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 06/03/2003 |
Series: | Cultural Memory in the Present |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |