Racial palestinianization and the Janus-faced nature of the Israeli state

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ID10342007
AuthorsNadia Abu El-Haj (0000-0003-2857-6645, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume44
Issue1
Pages27-41
Publication date2010-01-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePatterns of Prejudice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-322X • E-ISSN: 1461-7331
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00313220903507610
OpenAlexW2124598117
LanguageEN
Citations received23

Abu El-Haj focuses on David Theo Goldberg's analysis of ‘racial palestinianization’ in The Threat of Race. Most broadly, she argues that the specific contours of the Israeli state's racial rule over its Palestinian subjects and citizens do not fit easily into Goldberg's characterization of neoliberal racism. She thinks with and further elaborates Goldberg's many insights, especially his use of Michel Foucault's concept of ‘race wars’ and ‘counter-history’ to think about Zionism and the Israeli state, and then demonstrates the ways in which, at moments, Goldberg fails to exit fully the counter-historical narrative he sets out to critique and considers why that is so. Finally, she questions Goldberg's naming of racial palestinianization a ‘born again racism’, and complicates his characterization of Israel as a neoliberal state, insisting on recognizing and highlighting its dual nature: Israel is a neoliberal and a colonial state, overlapping, and yet each operating according to distinct tactics and modalities of rule

Colonialism · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · State (computer science · Zionism · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society

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