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Hamlet's Absent Father

By: Avi Erlich

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Avi Erlich finds that Hamlet deals not with repressed patricidal impulses but with a complex search, partially unconscious, for a strong father. Much more than he wants to have killed his father, Hamlet wants his father back and seeks a strong man with whom to identify. The playwright presents one ambivalent father figure after another, each an imitation or parody of the seemingly titanic king. Polonius, Osrick, Yorick, Old Fortinbras, Priam, Achilles, Horatio—these are a few versions ofthe father who bequeathed to his son his own ambivalence. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400868858

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9781400868858

Ancient Zionism

The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

By: Avi Erlich

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Ancient Zionism

The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

By: Avi Erlich

In this unusual and provocative book, Victor Erlich uncovers the origins of the national idea in the Hebrew Bible. Through a series of sensitive and original readings of well-known biblical episodes, Erlich argues that ancient Zionism was not an ideological construct but rather a unique marriage of literary imagination and ethnic pride.

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298

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Simon and Schuster

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1451602278

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9781451602272

The Decline of the Left Wing in Israel

Yossi Beilin and the Politics of the Peace Process

By: Avi Shilon

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The Decline of the Left Wing in Israel

Yossi Beilin and the Politics of the Peace Process

By: Avi Shilon

Yossi Beilin was a seminal figure during the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. As deputy foreign minister in the second Rabin government, he was responsible for leading the Oslo process, which was the most important attempt to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. This book is the first to tell the story of the left wing and the peace process based on the private archive of Beilin himself. The thousands of documents – shared exclusively with the author - reveal a far more complete picture of Israel's political-diplomatic history in the late 20th century, and provide new information on key events. Avi Shilon offers a critiques of the 'liberal peace-building' project and analyses the connections between the Labour party's economic policy and foreign policy since the 1970s. This book is both a political biography of Beilin and a new history which recounts the diplomatic processes and social-political changes that occurred in Israel in the past four decades.

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447

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838601147

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9781838601140

Religious Zionism and the Six Day War

From Realism to Messianism

By: Avi Sagi,Dov Schwartz

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Religious Zionism and the Six Day War

From Realism to Messianism

By: Avi Sagi,Dov Schwartz

This book offers a new insight into the political, social, and religious conduct of religious-Zionism, whose consequences are evident in Israeli society today. Before the Six-Day War, religious-Zionism had limited its concern to the protection of specific religious interests, with its representatives having little share in the determination of Israel’s national agenda. Fifty years after it, religious-Zionism has turned into one of Israeli society’s dominant elements. The presence of this group in all aspects of Israel’s life and its members’ determination to set Israel’s social, cultural, and international agenda is indisputable. Delving into this dramatic transformation, the book depicts the Six-Day War as a constitutive event that indelibly changed the political and religious consciousness of religious-Zionists. The perception of real history that had guided this movement from its dawn was replaced by a "sacred history" approach that became an actual program of political activity. As part of a process that has unfolded over the last thirty years, the body and sexuality have also become a central concern in the movement’s practice, reflection, and discourse. The how and why of this shift in religious-Zionism – from passivity and a consciousness of marginality to the front lines of public life – is this book’s central concern. The book will be of interest to readers and scholars concerned with changing dynamic societies and with the study of religion and particularly with the relationship between religion and politics.

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218

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Routledge

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0429757239

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9780429757235

The Iron Wall

Israel and the Arab World

By: Avi Shlaim

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The Iron Wall

Israel and the Arab World

By: Avi Shlaim

This book helps to understand the debate within Israel about the possibility of peace with the Palestinians.

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708

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393321126

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9780393321128

The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Updated and Expanded)

By: Avi Shlaim

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The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Updated and Expanded)

By: Avi Shlaim

“Fascinating. . . . Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history.”—New York Times Book Review For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in the “one book everyone should read for a concise history of Israel’s relations with Arabs” (Independent). What was promulgated as an “iron-wall” strategy—building a position of unassailable strength— was meant to yield to a further stage where Israel would be strong enough to negotiate a satisfactory peace with its neighbors. The goal still remains elusive, if not even further away. This penetrating study brilliantly illuminates past progress and future prospects for peace in the Middle East.

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874

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393351017

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9780393351019

The Syrian Involvement In Lebanon Since 1975

By: Reuven Avi-ran

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The Syrian Involvement In Lebanon Since 1975

By: Reuven Avi-ran

This book is a comprehensive examination of the Syrian involvement in the Lebanese crisis. It focuses on the Syrian interests in Lebanon, the motivation of the Assad regime for intervening in the Lebanese crisis, and the pattern of Syrian actions in Lebanon.

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307

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Routledge

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1000306186

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9781000306187

The Bride and the Dowry

Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War

By: Avi Raz

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The Bride and the Dowry

Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War

By: Avi Raz

Israel’s victory in the June 1967 Six Day War provided a unique opportunity for resolving the decades-old Arab-Zionist conflict. Having seized the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights, Israel for the first time in its history had something concrete to offer its Arab neighbors: it could trade land for peace. Yet the political deadlock persisted after the guns fell silent. This book sets outto find out why.Avi Raz places Israel’s conduct under an uncompromising lens. He meticulously examines the critical two years following the June war and substantially revises our understanding of how and why Israeli-Arab secret contacts came to naught. Mining newly declassified records in Israeli, American, British, and UN archives, as well as private papers of individual participants, Raz dispels the myth of overall Arab intransigence and arrives at new and unexpected conclusions. In short, he concludes that Israel’s postwar diplomacy was deliberately ineffective because its leaders preferred land over peace with its neighbors. The book throws a great deal of light not only on the post-1967 period but also on the problems and pitfalls of peacemaking in the Middle East today.

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Yale University Press

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0300183534

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9780300183535

Hamlet's Absent Father

By: Avi Erlich

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Hamlet's Absent Father

By: Avi Erlich

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Princeton University Press

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Ancient Zionism

The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

By: Avi Erlich

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The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

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Book's by Avi Erlich

Hamlet's Absent Father

Hamlet's Absent Father

Ancient Zionism

Ancient Zionism

The Decline of the Left Wing in Israel

The Decline of the Left Wing in Israel

Religious Zionism and the Six Day War

Religious Zionism and the Six Day War

The Iron Wall

The Iron Wall

The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Updated and Expanded)

The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Updated and Expanded)

The Syrian Involvement In Lebanon Since 1975

The Syrian Involvement In Lebanon Since 1975

The Bride and the Dowry

The Bride and the Dowry

Hamlet's Absent Father

Hamlet's Absent Father

Ancient Zionism

Ancient Zionism

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