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THE ZIONIST
MOVEMENT has had an unprecedented impact on global
politics. The quest for a Jewish nation-state has
caused turmoil and despair for the Palestinian
people and has redefined what it means to be
Jewish. Prominent American activist and
intellectual Joel Kovel has written a critical
exploration of the history of Zionism, arguing that
a one-state solution is the only viable option for
peace.
Kovel recounts the extraordinary genesis of the
Zionist movement and the explicit goal of its
founders to create a Jewish-only state in
Palestine. He examines how the pursuit of this path
has changed the nature of Jewry, the fate of the
Palestinian people, and the relationship between
the Western and the Muslim worlds. Kovel's
passionate concern for social justice makes him
unable to accept the two-state solution for
Palestine and Israel as a path to peace, and
incapable of reconciling his Jewish identity with
the goals of Zionism.
Joel Kovel has
taught as a professor in Psychiatry, Anthropology,
Political Science, Social Studies, and
Communications. He is currently editor-in-chief of
Capitalism Nature Socialism. Kovel has
developed his distinctive approach, which draws on
both psychoanalysis and Marxism, in contributions
to a wide range of publications.
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