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Deconstructing Zionism: A Critique of Political Metaphysics
Contributor(s): Vattimo, Gianni (Editor), Marder, Michael (Editor)
ISBN: 1441105948     ISBN-13: 9781441105943
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $39.55  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Essays
- Philosophy | Political
Dewey: 320.540
LCCN: 2013023952
Series: Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages
 
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This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy series provides a political and philosophical critique of Zionism.

While other nationalisms seem to have adapted to twenty-first century realities and shifting notions of state and nation, Zionism has largely remained tethered to a nineteenth century mentality, including the glorification of the state as the only means of expressing the spirit of the people. These essays, contributed by eminent international thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, Luce Irigaray, Judith Butler, Gianni Vattimo, Walter Mignolo, Marc Ellis, and others, deconstruct the political-metaphysical myths that are the framework for the existence of Israel.Collectively, they offer a multifaceted critique of the metaphysical, theological, and onto-political grounds of the Zionist project and the economic, geopolitical, and cultural outcomes of these foundations.

A significant contribution to the debates surrounding the state of Israel today, this groundbreaking work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory, philosophy, Jewish thought, and the Middle East conflict.

Contributor Bio(s): Marder, Michael: - Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He is the Associate Editor of Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Critical Thought and the author of The Event of The Thing: Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism (2009), Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt (2010), Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life (2013), The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium (2014), and Phenomena-Critique-Logos: The Project of Critical Phenomenology (2014).