Decolonizing the Study of Palestine: Indigenous Perspectives and Settler Colonia

Description: Decolonizing the Study of Palestine by Ahmad H. Sa'di, Nur Masalha Writing about Palestine and the Palestinians continue to be controversial. Until the late 1980s, the question of Palestine was approached through Western social theories that had appeared after World War 2. This endowed European settlers and colonists the mission of guiding the "backward" natives of Palestine to modernity. However, since the work of Palestinian scholar Elia Zureik, the study of Israel, and the "ethnic relations" in Palestine-Israel has been radically shifted.Building on Zureiks work, this book studies the colonial project in Palestine and how it has transformed Palestinians lives. Zureik had argued that Israel was the product of a colonization process and so should be studied through the same concepts and theorization as South Africa, Rhodesia, Australia, and other colonial societies. He also rejected the moral and civilizational superiority of the European settlers. Developing this work, the contributors here argue that colonialism is not only a political-economic system but also a "mode of life" and consciousness, which has far-reaching consequences for both the settlers and the indigenous population. Across 13 chapters (in addition to the introduction and the afterward), the book covers topics such as settler colonialism, dispossession, the separation wall, surveillance technologies, decolonisation methodologies and popular resistance. Composed mostly of Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestinian heritage, it is the first book in which the indigenous Palestinians not merely "write back", but principally aim to lay the foundations for decolonial social science research on Palestine. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ahmad H. Sadi is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the author of Thorough Surveillance: The Genesis of Israeli Policies of Population Management (2014) and Surveillance & Political Control towards the Palestinians (2013), and the co-editor of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory (2007). He was formerly a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Waseda, Japan, as well as The National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Columbia University, US.Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic based in the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK. He is Editor of the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. His authored books include Palestine Across Millennia: A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions (I.B.Tauris, 2021) and Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History (Zed, 2018) and he has co-edited An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba (Zed, 2018) and The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel" (Zed, 2007) among many others. Table of Contents Introduction, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK and Ahmad Sadi, University of the Negev, IsraelPart One: Colonial and Decolonial: Conceptualizations of Palestine1. Towards a Decolonization of Palestinian Studies, Ahmad Sadi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel2. Indigenous versus Colonial-Settler Toponymy and the Struggle over the Cultural and Political Geography of Palestine: The Appropriation of Palestinian Place-Names by the Israeli State, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK3. Whats the Problem with the Jewish State? Raef Zreik, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, IsraelPart Two: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Tenets and Practices4. The Epistemology of Zionist Settler Colonialism and the Ontological Securitization of Palestinians, Amal Jamal, Tel Aviv University, Israel5. The Unfinished Zionist Settler-Colonial Conquest of its Elusive Last Frontier, and Indigenous Palestinian Bedouin Arab Resistance, Ismael Abu-Saad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel6. The Paradox of Settler Colonial Citizenship in Israel, Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel7. Celebrating Survival: Palestinian Epistemes and Resisting Anti-Palestinian Racism, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, University of Alberta, CanadaPart Three: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Surveillance8. Secrecy as Colonial Violence: The Case of Occupied East Jerusalem, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Abeer Otman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel9. Israels Telecommunications Lines and Digital Surveillance Routes, Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University, USAPart Four: Palestine: Connections, Ruptures and Popular Resistance10. Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Connections and Ruptures, Magid Shihade, Dar Al-Kalima University, Palestine11. Popular Resistance in Palestine, Marwan Darweish, Coventry University, UKPart Five: Issues of Bio-Power12. The Effect of the Separation of the Wall on the West Bank Labour Market, Sami Miaari, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Dorde Miloslav, Trinity College, Ireland13. Palestinian Refugee Archives UNRWA and the Problem with Sources, Salim Tamari, Birzeit University, Palestine and Eliza Zureik, Queens University, CanadaIn Lieu of Afterword14. Liminal Lights in Dark Places: Elia Zureiks Sociological and Critical Contribution to Palestinian and Surveillance Studies, David Lyon, Queens University, CanadaBibliography Review This edited volume is undoubtedly an essential step in decolonizing the study of Palestine. Its richness and methodological accuracy allow us to insert it in the general debate of decolonizing academia from an Indigenous-Native perspective. * Maydan: rivista sui mondi arabi, semitici e islamici *This book makes a groundbreaking contribution to both Palestine studies and settler colonial studies. The life works and scholarly legacy of Elia Zureik is essential for understanding what settler colonialism is and does Palestine. Equally, this volume forefronts Palestinian scholarly voices and, in doing so, establishes the appropriate foundations for decolonizing Palestine studies. -- Somdeep Sen, Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark.A landmark volume by leading Palestinian scholars and a fitting tribute to the pioneering scholarship of the late sociologist Elia Zureik. Inspired by his insistence on the inseparability of epistemological decolonization and empirical rigor in the study of the colonial situation under which Palestinians live, diverse and eye-opening essays illuminate the value of concepts like internal colonialism while exposing the formidable technologies of rule to which they have been subjected in the past and present. * Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University * Promotional Palestinian scholars examine the impact of the colonial project in Palestine Review Quote "This book makes a groundbreaking contribution to both Palestine studies and settler colonial studies. The life works and scholarly legacy of Elia Zureik is essential for understanding what settler colonialism is and does Palestine. Equally, this volume forefronts Palestinian scholarly voices and, in doing so, establishes the appropriate foundations for decolonizing Palestine studies." --Somdeep Sen, Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark. Promotional "Headline" Palestinian scholars examine the impact of the colonial project in Palestine Feature Chapters are written by Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestinian heritage Details ISBN075564834X Short Title Decolonizing the Study of Palestine Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 075564834X ISBN-13 9780755648344 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-07-13 Subtitle Indigenous Perspectives and Settler Colonialism after Elia Zureik Author Nur Masalha Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-07-13 NZ Release Date 2023-07-13 UK Release Date 2023-07-13 Pages 368 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint I.B. 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