Haim Yacobi, Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography

Haim Yacobi’s Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography boldly outlines the significant role the African continent has played in Israel’s political and cultural self-fashioning. Like its Middle Eastern setting, Africa’s geographic proximity and the web of ties this proximity entails are den...

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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/abe,
Glavni avtor: Levin, Ayala
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: ABE Journal 2017
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Izvleček:Haim Yacobi’s Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography boldly outlines the significant role the African continent has played in Israel’s political and cultural self-fashioning. Like its Middle Eastern setting, Africa’s geographic proximity and the web of ties this proximity entails are denied in the Israeli society, all the while the continent is produced as Israel’s “other.” Through its relationships with Africa, the author argues, Israel constitutes itself as Western, modern, enli...