Discursive combat : the question of Palestine
(2024) In American Journal of Cultural Sociology- Abstract
This article seeks to explain the growth of identification and support for the Palestinian cause over the last decades from a regional concern to a global movement. What are the mechanisms that made this possible? This problematic is addressed within a cultural sociological framework, focusing on the cultural work of intellectuals and the collective actions of social movements in articulating and dispersing the idea of a distinctive Palestinian identity and cause. This is a form of cultural nationalism, where claims to nationhood are rooted in the idea of a distinctive, ancient culture. Focus is on the role of intellectuals in the articulation of collective identification and the cultural representations through which it is dispersed.... (More)
This article seeks to explain the growth of identification and support for the Palestinian cause over the last decades from a regional concern to a global movement. What are the mechanisms that made this possible? This problematic is addressed within a cultural sociological framework, focusing on the cultural work of intellectuals and the collective actions of social movements in articulating and dispersing the idea of a distinctive Palestinian identity and cause. This is a form of cultural nationalism, where claims to nationhood are rooted in the idea of a distinctive, ancient culture. Focus is on the role of intellectuals in the articulation of collective identification and the cultural representations through which it is dispersed. The prime data supported this argument consists of aesthetic representations like novels, films, and photography.
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- author
- Eyerman, Ron LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- Cultural nationalism, Cultural trauma, Intellectuals, Social movements
- in
- American Journal of Cultural Sociology
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85211333808
- ISSN
- 2049-7113
- DOI
- 10.1057/s41290-024-00231-x
- language
- English
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- yes
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- b6f43eda-c269-45bc-a91e-c357ce4ad073
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- 2025-01-30 10:37:21
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title = {{Discursive combat : the question of Palestine}},
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doi = {{10.1057/s41290-024-00231-x}},
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