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The Iron Cage

Autor Rashid Khalidi
en Limba Engleză Paperback – sep 2007

În volumul The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi oferă o analiză riguroasă a istoriei politice palestiniene, concentrându-se pe mecanismele care au împiedicat formarea unui stat suveran. Remarcăm modul în care autorul demontează ideea unui conflict abstract, ancorând discuția în perioada mandatului britanic de după prăbușirea Imperiului Otoman. Această ediție subliniază modul în care liderii palestinieni s-au lovit de pereții unei „cuști de fier” — o structură juridică și politică creată de Marea Britanie pentru a limita autodeterminarea arabă în timp ce facilita proiectul sionist. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări care se concentrează exclusiv pe victimizarea externă, Khalidi analizează critic și erorile strategice ale elitei politice palestiniene. Recomandăm această lucrare ca o alternativă necesară la A History of Modern Palestine de Ilan Pappé pentru cursurile de istoria Orientului Mijlociu, având avantajul unei analize interne profunde a structurilor de guvernare și a continuității de la mandatul britanic până la ascensiunea Hamas. În contextul operei sale, The Iron Cage face legătura între cercetarea identitară din Palestinian Identity și critica geopolitică din Resurrecting Empire, explicând de ce structurile de putere actuale sunt încă prizonierele unor decizii luate în urmă cu un secol.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780807003091
ISBN-10: 0807003093
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 148 x 213 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Beacon Press

De ce să citești această carte

Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care doresc să înțeleagă rădăcinile politice și instituționale ale impasului actual din Orientul Mijlociu. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă istorică documentată asupra modului în care sistemul colonial a modelat eșecurile statale de astăzi. Recomandăm această carte pentru abordarea sa echilibrată, care combină critica la adresa puterilor coloniale cu o analiză onestă a deciziilor luate de conducerea palestiniană.


Despre autor

Rashid Khalidi este unul dintre cei mai respectați istorici ai Orientului Mijlociu, deținând catedra Edward Said în studii arabe la Universitatea Columbia, unde conduce și Institutul Orientului Mijlociu. Cu o carieră academică impresionantă, a publicat numeroase lucrări fundamentale, inclusiv premiata Palestinian Identity. Experiența sa este vastă, contribuind constant cu analize politice în publicații de prestigiu precum New York Times sau Chicago Tribune. Expertiza sa în istoria naționalismului arab și a conflictului regional îi conferă autoritatea necesară pentru a naviga complexitatea temelor abordate în The Iron Cage.


Descriere scurtă

At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes in on Palestinian politics and history. By drawing on a wealth of experience and scholarship, Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context that has been, until now, notably lacking in our discourse.

The story of the Palestinian search to establish a state begins in the mandate period immediately following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the era of British control, when fledgling Arab states were established by the colonial powers with assurances of eventual independence. Mandatory Palestine was a place of real promise, with unusually high literacy rates and a relatively advanced economy. But the British had already begun to construct an iron cage to hem in the Palestinians, and the Palestinian leadership made a series of errors that would eventually prove crippling to their dream of independence.

The Palestinians' struggle intensified in the stretch before and after World War II, when colonial control of the region became increasingly unpopular, population shifts began with heavy Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe, and power began to devolve to the United States. In this crucial period, Palestinian leaders continued to run up against the walls of the ever-constricting iron cage. They proved unable to achieve their long-cherished goal of establishing an independent state—a critical failure that set a course for the decades that followed, right through the eras of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas. Rashid Khalidi's engrossing narrative of this torturous history offers much-needed perspective for anyone concerned about peace in the Middle East.

Recenzii

At heart a historical essay, an effort to decide why the Palestinians . . . have failed to achieve an independent state.—Steven Erlanger, New York Times

"A first-rate and up-to-date historical and political analysis of the Palestinian predicament."—Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books issue

"In a refreshing contrast to the yammering bazaar of complaint and allegation that has dominated American public discussion of the Middle East since Sept. 11, 2001, The Iron Cage is a patient and eloquent work, ranging over the whole of modern Palestinian history from World War I to the death of Yasser Arafat. Reorienting the Palestinian narrative around the attitudes and tactics of the Palestinians themselves, Khalidi lends a remarkable illumination to a story so wearily familiar it is often hard to believe anything new can be found within."—Jonathan Shainin, Salon

"Khalidi uses history to provide a clear-eyed view of the region and assess the prospects for peace. He strives successfully for even-handedness."—Anthony Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gideon's Trumpet and Make No Law

"A work of forceful historical analysis written in a spirit of self-examination."—Bashir Abu-Manneh, The Nation

"Magisterial in scope, meticulous in its attention to detail, and decidedly dispassionate in its analysis, The Iron Cage is destined to be a benchmark of its genre." —Joel Schalit, Tikkun

"Khalidi, tackling 'historical amnesia,' brilliantly analyses the structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30 years of British rule . . . Khalidi restores the Palestinians to something more than victims, acknowledging that for all their disadvantages, they have played their role and can (and must) still do so to determine their own fate." —Ian Black, Guardian

Notă biografică

Rashid Khalidi is the author of seven books about the Middle East, including Palestinian Identity, Brokers of Deceit, Resurrecting Empire, The Iron Cage, and Sowing Crisis. His writing on Middle Eastern history and politics has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and many journals. For his work on the Middle East, Professor Khalidi has received fellowships and grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. He is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and is editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies.

Descriere

This story of the Palestinian search to establish a state offers much-needed perspective on the political turmoil of the Middle East. Khalidis meticulous attention to detail and his decidedly even-handed approach make this his most accomplished effort to date.