What's in the Apartheid Analogy? Palestine/Israel Refracted

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ID15030825
AuthorsRaef Zreik (0000-0002-3972-4837, corresponding author), Azar Dakwar (0000-0003-0269-3632)
Year2020
Volume23
Issue3
Pages664-705
Publication date2020-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Event (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-311X • E-ISSN: 2572-6633
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/tae.2020.0039
OpenAlexW3103780440
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This article engages the analogy of Palestine/Israel to apartheid South Africa, and probes the political imaginary that contours this discussion while explicating the circumstances of its emergence. Accordingly, it contends that apartheid is not merely a system of institutionalized separation; rather, it organizes the facts and reality of separation(s) within a frame and against a background unity that effectively allows it to be perceived as such. To that end, the article explores four key factors that created background unity in apartheid South Africa: labor relations; political theology; role of language; and geo-political unit(y), and scrutinizes their political and experiential ramifications in Palestine/Israel

Analogy · Ancient history · Epistemology · Frame (networking · Palestine · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Imaginary · African history and culture analysis · Engineering · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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