The Quantum Mechanics of Israeli Totalitarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13009255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Levine (0000-0002-3682-711X, UC Irvine Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | State Crime Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2046-6056 • E-ISSN: 2046-6064 |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/statecrime.5.1.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2443675941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article argues that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory represents criminalized state behaviour at the most systematic, intricately planned and executed. Evoking the quantum physics of Israel's matrix of control, the article argues that to understand how it feels to live as a Palestinian today requires the mindset of a particle physicist, not a social scientist. Life in Israel/Palestine involves negotiating a host of forces over which the average Palestinian has as much control as the average electron or proton does over the nuclear and quantum forces determining its path. The power embodied in Israel's matrix of control lies in the state's ability to shift rules, tactics, amplitude and frequency of the forces, strategies and techniques and technologies of occupation. The article argues that the Occupation and the conditions it creates have become normalized, and that maintaining a situation of confusion and ambiguity is key to making the Occupation effectively permanent
Ambiguity · Epistemology · Law and economics · Mindset · Negotiation · Physics · Political science · Power (physics · Quantum mechanics · Sociology · State (computer science · Global Security and Public Health · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Mathematics · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy
Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy
The Human Right to Dominate
Overthrowing Geography
State of Exception
Human Rights and Crimes of The State
Coercion, capital, and European states, AD 990-1992
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Subject and Power
Impossible Peace
Water and Israel's Occupation Strategy
Rule of Experts
The law of belligerent occupation in the Supreme Court of Israel
Beyond Occupation
Hollow Land
The Limits of the State
Necropolitics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |