Unacknowledged kinships: postcolonial studies and the historiography of Zionism by Stefan Vogt, Derek Penslar, Arieh Saposnik ISBN 9781684581566, 1684581567 instant download

Unacknowledged kinships: postcolonial studies and the historiography of Zionism by Stefan Vogt, Derek Penslar, Arieh Saposnik ISBN 9781684581566, 1684581567 instant download

The book strives to facilitate a conversation between the historiography 
of Zionism and postcolonial studies by identifying and exploring possible 
linkages and affiliations between their subjects as well as the limits of such 
connections. The authors of the essays in this volume discuss central the-
oretical concepts developed within the field of postcolonial studies, use 
these concepts to analyze crucial aspects of the history of Zionism, and 
contextualize Zionist thought, politics, and culture within colonial and 
postcolonial histories. While the main purpose of the book is to test the 
applicability of postcolonial concepts to the history of Zionism, it also 
traces vectors that move in the opposite direction. Postcolonial studies 
might have something to gain from looking at the history of Zionism as 
an example of not only colonial domination but also the seemingly con-
tradictory processes of national liberation and self-empowerment. Post-
colonial studies and the historiography of Zionism could profit from each 
other if they could bridge the political chasm that all too often underpins 
their disciplines. This does not mean that these fields should look upon 
each other without critical scrutiny. To the contrary, an open and critical 
exchange could help each discipline address its own limitations and weak-
nesses that, in both cases, often derive from tendencies to essentialization 
and self-affirmation.