| Kimmerling und Migdal stellen anschaulich die Entstehung der palästinensischen Identität dar und gehen somit einen neuen Weg in der Analyse der Nahost-Krise(n).
In the hundred-year struggle for Palestine, history itself has been a battlefield, as Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs seek to challenge each other's claim to national identity. Whatever the outcome of the current phase in regional affairs, no real progress toward peace can occur before agreement is reached about the events that have shaped the present and will remain dominant influences over the future. Baruch Kimmerling and Joel Migdal have taken the first significant step in this direction with a timely and authoritative account of the origins and history of the Palestinian people. "Kimmerling and Migdal bring historical perspective to the study of Palestinian society. In so doing, they help the reader to understand the place of the Palestinians in the Arab-Israeli dispute" - (William B. Quandt, Senior Fellow, The
Brookings Institution). "A fascinating attempt to look at the history of the Palestinians through new eyes and from new angles" - (Roger Owen, Harvard University). "[A] compact, sobering, informative history of the Palestinians (...). The authors conclude that Palestinian self-determination will be realized only with the assent of a secure Israel, and that Israeli acceptance throughout the Middle East will need Palestinian approval" - (Publishers Weekly). Baruch Kimmerling is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Joel S. Migdal is Chairman and Professor of International Studies, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. Baruch Kimmerling/Joel S. Migdal: Palestinians. The Making of a People.
Gr. 8°. 396 S., Pp. Harvard University Press. Harvard 1994. |
