Contesting the nation
Negotiating national narratives and the Jewish settlements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6306760 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hadas Aron (0000-0002-1248-6605, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies New York University New York NY USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1386-1411 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nana.12498 |
| OpenAlex | W2911796316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
Why and how does national identity reopen for contestation? Existing theories argue that institutional design, social ties or elite manipulation alter the saliency and nature of national identity. These theories view the ethno‐nation as homogenous and shaped vis‐à‐vis other groups. However, I argue that we should examine the re‐emergence of nationalism as an intra‐national struggle between groups with different saliency and understandings of national identity: new issues can raise the importance of national identity for some members of the group but not others. Moreover, members develop diverging understandings of fundamentals of national identity such as citizenship, borders and the role of religion. To support the theory, the paper utilises original not yet studied archival materials to show that struggle over Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories led to contestation of the saliency and meaning of Jewish Israeli national identity. Specifically, I analyse letters individuals sent to leading government officials in the early days of the settlements and show that settlement supporters tied the issue to Zionist ethos, injecting new content into Zionist identity. Meanwhile, national identity did not rise in importance or alter in meaning for settlement opposition. The method reveals individual understandings of national identity and points at broader societal divisions
Aesthetics · Elite · Ethos · Human settlement · Identity (music · Judaism · National identity · Nationalism · Negotiation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Turkey's Politics and Society
Unsettled states, disputed lands
A history of Israel
Recovered Roots
From Voting to Violence
Votes and Violence
Nations and Nationalism
The Settlers
Being Israeli
Ethnicity without groups
Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Has Israel Annexed East Jerusalem
P Alestine , a Partheid , and the R Ights D Iscourse
Ethnic Nationalism and International Conflict
Identity in formation
Imagined communities
Ethnic groups in conflict
Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society
Ethnic Parties and Democratic Stability
When Does a Settler Become a Native? (With Apologies to Mamdani)
Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native
Varieties of American Popular Nationalism
Introducing
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |