Politics of Memory


Udi. Lebel
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Politics of memory The Israeli Underground's struggle for inclusion in the national pantheon and military commemoralization; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword I: Divided in their deaths; Foreword II: "Righting a distortion is a righteous deed"; Preface: "Private Loss"; Introduction: Israeli politics of memory, bereavement and military commemoralization; Part I Theoretical and historical framework; 1 The politics of memory: theoretical framework and basic concepts; Part II The exclusion from national pantheon. - 2 The political sphere: building the infrastructure for memory exclusion and political closure of military bereavement3 Commemorative landscapes: the politics of hegemony in physical space; 4 The language of sovereignty: symbolic exclusion from popular culture, national heroes, martyrs and rituals; 5 The politics of historiography: the exclusion from military history and documentary of the War of Independence; Part III Penetrating the gates of national pantheon and collective memory; 6 The period of ambivalence, 1963-77: first steps of inclusion in national commemoration and memory. - 7 The electoral turnabout: statism in the national-revisionist camp - the Eztel and Lehi belonging to the national pantheonPart IV Politics of memory and the changing boundaries of national pantheon; Conclusion: the "anti hegemonic bereavements" and the confrontation over national pantheon boundaries; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This book illustrates how a dominant political party, the Mapai, under the leadership of P.M. David Ben-Gurion, chose to 'hug,' honor and commemorate 'Her Fallen' and 'Her Bereaved Families,' whilst simultaneously ignoring the fallen that were identified with the rival political party, Herut, led by Menachem Begin. Designing legislation and cultural policy designated for Teaching the public that those who sacrificed themselves in the Israeli War of Independence - were Hagana Members, one of three Israeli undergrounds movements, associated with Mapai specific ideological viewpoint. By that -
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