Research Catalog

Title

The religionization of Israeli society / Yoav Peled and Horit Herman Peled.

Author

Peled, Yoav

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019.

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Additional Authors

Peled, Horit Herman

Description

xii, 237 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

During Israel's military operation in Gaza in the summer of 2014 the commanding officer of the Givati infantry brigade, Col. Ofer Vinter, called on his troops to fight "the terrorists who defame the God of Israel". This unprecedented call for religious war by a senior IDF commander caused an uproar, but it was just one symptom of a profound process of religionization, or de-secularization, that Israeli society has been going through since the turn of the twenty-first century. This book analyses and explains the reasons for the religionization of Israeli society, a process known in Hebrew as hadata. It argues that this process had its origins in the 1967 war, has been accelerating since 2000, and is manifested in a number of key social fields. It further argues that Jewish religion, inseparable from Jewish nationality, was embedded in Zionism from its inception at the end of the 19th Century but was subdued to a certain extent in favour of the national aspect in the interest of building a modern nation-state. In addition to discussing religionization in the military, the educational system, and the media of mass communications, the book includes a major chapter on the religionization of the Israeli visual fine arts field, a topic that has not been researched before now. Through careful examination of religionization, this book sheds light on a major development in Israeli society, which will additionally inform our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As such, it is a key resource for students and scholars of Israel Studies, and those interested the relations between religion, politics and nationalism, secularization and new social movements.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 90

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 90.

Subject

• Religious Zionism
• Labor Zionism
• Judaism and secularism > Israel
• Secularization > Israel
• Nationalism > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Judaism and state > Israel
• Judaism and culture
• Judaism and secularism
• Judaism and state
• Secularization
• Israel

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: religion, secularization, nationalism, Zionism -- The rise and fall of Labor Zionist hegemony -- The religious Zionist challenge -- Return, renewal, and in-between -- Education -- The IDF : from religionization to theocratization -- Nationalism and religion in the visual fine arts field -- Orthodox feminism -- Film, TV, media -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 19-1017

ISBN

• 9781138954793
• 1138954799

LCCN

2018012920

OCLC

1043049764

Author

Peled, Yoav, author.

Title

The religionization of Israeli society / Yoav Peled and Horit Herman Peled.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 90

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 90.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Peled, Horit Herman, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-1017