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Antisemitism and Other Hates

Series: Antisemitism and the Struggle for Justice and Peace in Palestine/Israel

Dania Straughan
May 23, 2024September 30, 2024

The contemporary weaponization of antisemitism is the realization of an ethno-religious state project that purports the only way to imagine Jewish community is as an exclusionary political project predicated on the domination of Palestinians.

Zionism and the Politics of Domination: On Protest, Liberty, and the Status Quo

Series: Symposium on Black Dignity

Shaul Magid
June 28, 2023

There is no dignity granted to a population living under domination; and domination remains the state policy in Israel.

Introduction to Symposium on Black Dignity

Series: Symposium on Black Dignity

Joshua S. Lupo
June 28, 2023January 27, 2024

Dignity, for Lloyd, is a praxis rather than an essential aspect of identity; it is not fixed, it is found through struggle rather than preceding it or following it.

When Politics are Sacralized?

Series: When Politics are Sacralized Symposium

Raef Zreik
October 6, 2022February 1, 2024

At its core, Zionism is not the political being sacralized, but the religious being politicized.

Introduction to Symposium on When Politics are Sacralized

Series: When Politics are Sacralized Symposium

Joshua S. Lupo
September 21, 2022October 12, 2022

What the contributors to this symposium show is that it is possible to engage in comparative work that is attentive to history, social and political complexity, and diversity without losing track of the more abstract concepts that are necessary to compare cross-culturally.

Why is the Jewish Question Different from All Similar Questions?

Brian Klug
August 29, 2022March 19, 2024

The National Question was about ethnic difference and how Europe should deal with it. The Jewish Question was about the alien within—so deep within as to be internal to Europe’s idea of itself.

A Conversation with Shaul Magid and Friends on Meir Kahane and Political Theology

Joshua S. Lupo
August 10, 2022

Magid’s book and this discussion draw attention to how coloniality and modernity, especially in their religious elements, continue to perpetuate racism, misogyny, and xenophobia today.

Unasking Europe’s Jewish Question

Series: Symposium on The Arab and Jewish Questions

Brian Klug
September 16, 2021September 17, 2021

Despite its name, the Jewish Question was not a Jewish question as such; it was a European question, whose subject was the Jews.

Introducing The Arab and Jewish Questions

Series: Symposium on The Arab and Jewish Questions

Leila Farsakh
August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

This book interrogates the opposition between the “Arab” and the “Jew” in order to challenge dominant understandings of political identities, nationalism, and citizenship rights.