Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine
By positioning the late Edward Said's political interventions as a public intellectual on behalf of Palestinian populations living under Israeli occupation as a form of intellectual resistance, Abraham moves to consider forms of physical resistance, seeki
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Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine Matthew Abraham
intellectual resistance and the struggle for palestine Copyright © Matthew Abraham 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-03194-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-44093-1 ISBN 978-1-137-03195-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137031952
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Abraham, Matthew, 1972– Intellectual freedom and the struggle for Palestine / Matthew Abraham. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Academic freedom. 2. Arab-Israeli conflict. 3. Palestine—Foreign public opinion. 4. Said, Edward W. I. Title. LC72.A415 2014 378.1'213—dc23
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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: August 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
This book is dedicated to the life and legacy of Edward W. Said (1935–2003), whose example of intellectual resistance continues to inspire so many.
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Contents Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine
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From Resistance to Accommodation: The Origins of the Policy Intellectual’s Alignment with the State
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Edward Said and Intellectual Resistance: Refusing the Politics of Accommodation
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Edward Said, the Question of Palestine, and the Continual Quest for Intellectual Freedom
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Biopolitical Resistance in Palestine: Suicide Bombing and the Fanonian Specter
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Obama’s Cairo Speech: The Failure of Resistance and Refusal
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Conclusion: Intellectual Resistance and the Struggle for Palestine
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Notes
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Selected Works Cited
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Index
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Acknowledgments Over the last several years, I have benefitted from the support and friendship of a number of different colleagues at several different institutions. I would like to acknowledge the following individuals who provided me with unqualified support as I pursued the difficult themes in this book: Noam Chomsky, Timothy Brennan, Grant Farred, Keya Ganguly, Dominick LaCapra, Robert Jensen, John Mearsheimer, M. Shahid Alam, Michael Kleine, and Kim Petersen, editor of Dissident Voice. I would also like to thank Sara Nathan, Mara Berkoff, and Erin Ivy at Palgrave Macmillan and Jason Hughes at Scribe for moving the book through the production p
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