{"product_id":"the-returns-of-zionism-myths-politics-and-scholarship-in-israel-9781844672608","title":"The Returns of Zionism: Myths, Politics and Scholarship in Israel","description":"In this original and wide-ranging study, Gabriel Piterberg examines theideology and literature behind the colonization of Palestine, from the latenineteenth century to the present. Exploring Zionism's origins in Central-EasternEuropean nationalism and settler movements, he shows how its texts can beplaced within a wider discourse of western colonization. Revisiting the work ofTheodor Herzl and Gershom Scholem, Anita Shapira and David Ben-Gurion, andbringing to light the writings of lesser-known scholars and thinkersinfluential in the formation of the Zionist myth, Piterberg breaks openprevailing views of Zionism, demonstrating that it was in fact unexceptional, expressing a consciousness and imagination typical of colonial settlermovements. Shaped by European ideological currents and the realities ofcolonial life, Zionism constructed its own story as a unique and impregnableone, in the process excluding the voices of an indigenous people--thePalestinian Arabs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Piterberg \u003c\/b\u003eteaches history at UCLA, and has taught at St Antony's and Balliol Colleges, Oxford. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eAn Ottoman Tragedy: History and Historiography at Play\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes for the \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856893874450,"sku":"9781844672608","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8ccf9cc-b24a-42d8-950c-cfb78dce424f.jpg?v=1737514869","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-returns-of-zionism-myths-politics-and-scholarship-in-israel-9781844672608","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}