The Moral Lives of Israelis: Reinventing the Dream State
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品牌: David Berlin
基本信息出版社:Vintage Canada (2012年8月14日)平装:320页正文语种:英语ISBN:0307356302条形码:9780307356307商品重量:367 gASIN:0307356302您想告诉我们您发现了更低的价格?
商品描述内容简介The Moral Lives of Israelisexplores the last ten years of life in Israel, a sixty-one-year-old country that has nevernotbeen in a state of war. The last words given to David Berlin by his father, a Sabra who had fought for Israel's independence, were not words of love for his son and his grandchildren, but this command: "Look after my little country." These words set off a huge voyage of exploration and remembrance for Berlin.
The result is a thrilling blend of memoir, reportage and original thinking on the place of Israel in the world. The fundamental question that floats over every page of this passionate book is, with so many missteps and in a region deeply fraught with antagonism, racism and misunderstanding, how can Israel move forward? After many dead ends and twists and turns, it is the nineteenth-century visionary father of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, who ultimately sparks Berlin's dream for Israel in the twenty-first century--it is Herzl's insistence on a secular and cosmopolitan state that Berlin sees as a way to move beyond.
David Berlin's brave inquiry brings a startling new perspective to a question that resonates well beyond the borders of Israel.
媒体推荐"David Berlin weaves together the personal, intergenerational, cultural, religious and political strands of a complicated story of passion and hope.... He invites us to take another look at worn-out solutions to this seemingly intractable conflict. It is a wonderful addition to the canon of writings on the Middle East." The Rev. Dr. Bill Phipps, moderator, United Church of Canada, 1997-2000
"Berlin's family history makes for the perfect example to illustrate the larger tale.... A beautifully written, truly heart-wrenching book."The Winnipeg Review