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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2010
Print publication year:
1996
Online ISBN:
9780511629433
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511629433
Subjects:
Organisational Sociology, Sociology: General Interest, Political Sociology, Sociology
Series:
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
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Book description

Compelling historical and ethnographic account of the twentieth-century struggle for Jerusalem. The volume examines how Jerusalem is doubly divided, on the one hand between Israelis and Palestinians, each of whom ground their national identities in the city, as well as within each nation between those who put primacy in the democratic decisions of their nations and those who would yield to a higher divine law. Professors Friedland and Hecht explore how Jerusalem has figured as a battleground in conflicts over the relation between Zionism and Judaism and between Palestinian nationalism and Islam. Based on hundreds of interviews with powerful players and ordinary citizens over the course of a decade, this book evokes the ways in which these conflicts are experienced and managed in the life of the city.

Reviews

‘To Rule Jerusalem is the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, and a welcome scholarly complement to existing journalistic accounts with a similar focus. It reveals extraordinary insight into the complexities which shape this city, and it is beautifully written … invaluable reading for anyone concerned with understanding how and why this small city at once holds the key to peace in the Middle East and threatens to undermine all its prospects.’

Cecilia Albin Source: International Affairs

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