To Rule Jerusalem [Paperback]

Roger Friedland (Author), Richard Hecht (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0520220927 | ISBN-13: 978-0520220928 | Publication Date: July 8, 2000 | Edition: 1

Twentieth-century Jerusalem is doubly divided. As well as being a holy site for both Judaism and Islam, the city contains secular Israelis and Palestinians who ground their respective national identities within its borders. To Rule Jerusalem provides a historical and ethnographic account of how Jerusalem has become the battleground for conflicts both within and between the Israeli and Palestinian communities. Roger Friedland and Richard Hecht examine the relation between Zionism and Judaism and between Palestinian nationalism and Islam. Based on hundreds of interviews with powerful players and ordinary citizens over the course of a decade, this book evokes the ways in which these conflicts are experienced and managed in the life of the city. To Rule Jerusalem is a compelling study of the intertwining of religion and politics, exploring the city simultaneously as an ordinary place and an extraordinary symbol.

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"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been plentifully explored, but what makes this volume so engrossing is the way the authors open up the conflicts and dynamics within each side." -- Ron H. Feldman, San Francisco Examiner

"[The authors bring] a kind of urgent first-person journalism to bear in their scholarly study of the politics of Jerusalem and the contemporary Middle East." -- Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times

Book Description

To Rule Jerusalem is a historical and ethnographic account of the twentieth-century struggle for Jerusalem. The volume examines how Jerusalem is doubly divided. On the one hand conflict exists between Israelis and Palestinians, each of whom ground their national identities in the city. On the other, conflict exists within each nation, between Zionism and Judaism on one side and between Palestinian nationalism and Islam on the other. Based on hundreds of interviews this book evokes the ways in which these conflicts are experienced and managed in the life of the city. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 604 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (July 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520220927
• ISBN-13: 978-0520220928
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,699,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Roger Friedland is a cultural and religious sociologist who is now writing on love, sex and God, as well as intersections of religion and politics around the world. He hopes to finish his book comparing the erotics of Rome and southern California this summer some time. Friedland teaches in the departments of Religious Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara. His daughter Sarah took the mug shot.

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