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Rubber Bullets: Power and Conscience in Modern Israel / Among commentators on Israeli affairs, Yaron Ezrahi is distinguished by his analytical brilliance, his twin passions for Jewish traditions and the tradition of liberal democracy, and his ability to see behind current events to their causes, some of them three generations in the making, some three millennia. Here he offers an uncommonly insightful analysis of the ways that history, politics, and the national character of Israel come to bear on current affairs there. Ezrahi regards surprising and divisive events--such as the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu's defeat of Shimon Peres in the subsequent ministerial election--as signs of an ongoing, fundamental conflict in Israeli society. He explores ways in which the conflict is felt in diverse aspects of Israeli life and culture, from the social dimensions of military service and the development of the modern Hebrew language to Israelis' attitudes toward nature and the status of women. In chapters that blend probing analysis with stirring memoir, Ezrahi tells the story of Israel's transformation from a defensive, embattled society held together by a myth of national liberation to a prosperous liberal society that must make room for the many different stories of individual Israelis.

GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Israel--Arab-Jewishrelations / Israel--politicsandgovernment / Israel--History--1948- / Israel--Foreign relations
Classification	956.94 EZR
Publisher	New York : Penguin Studio, 1998., University of California Press, 1997
Subject	Israel--History--1948-Israel--politics and government.Israel--Arab-Jewish relationsNational characteristics, Israeli.Political culture--Israel.Political ethics--Israel.Political violence--Israel.Arab-Israeli conflict--1993- --Public opinion.Public opinion--Israel.Israel--Politics and government--1993-
Description	308
ISBN	9780520214163
URL	https://books.google.com.hk/books/about/Rubber_Bullets.html?id=em1hQgAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y