Contrasting agendas : boycott versus peacebuilding -- The goals and tactics of the boycott movement -- Five components of a peace plan -- BDS faculty portraits -- Judith Butler : a philosopher promotes a one-state fantasy -- Steven Salaita : the fluid line between anti-zionism and anti-semitism -- Saree Makdisi : criminalizing Israeli law and culture -- Jasbir Puar : obsessive demonology as a research agenda -- Teaching for empathy or hostility -- Anti-zionist hostility : teaching to delegitimate the Jewish state -- Pedagogy as empathy : teaching Jewish-Israeli, Arab-Israeli, and Palestinian poetry -- Together -- Challenges in professional associations and in Palestine -- A faculty group organizes a boycott campaign -- Academic freedom in Palestinian universities -- The case for coordinated unilateral withdrawal from parts of the West Bank : a proposal to rescue the two-state paradigm -- Afterword -- Where BDS is headed in the academy
Summary
Israel Denial is the first book to offer detailed analyses of the work faculty members have published--individually and collectively--in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; it contrasts their claims with options for promoting peace. The faculty discussed here have devoted a significant part of their professional lives to delegitimizing the Jewish state. While there are beliefs they hold in common--including the conviction that there is nothing good to say about Israel--they also develop distinctive arguments designed to recruit converts to their cause in novel ways. They do so both as writers and as teachers; Israel Denial is the first to give substantial attention to anti-Zionist pedagogy. No effort to understand the BDS movement's impact on the academy and public policy can be complete without the kind of understanding this book offers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 13, 2019)
SUBJECT
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (Movement) (Corporate Name) fast
