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Portrait Ron Eyerman. Photo: yale.edu

Ron Eyerman

Researcher | Professor Emeritus

Portrait Ron Eyerman. Photo: yale.edu

Discursive combat : the question of Palestine

Author

  • Ron Eyerman

Summary, in English

This article seeks to explain the growth of identification and support for the Palestinian cause over the last decades from a regional concern to a global movement. What are the mechanisms that made this possible? This problematic is addressed within a cultural sociological framework, focusing on the cultural work of intellectuals and the collective actions of social movements in articulating and dispersing the idea of a distinctive Palestinian identity and cause. This is a form of cultural nationalism, where claims to nationhood are rooted in the idea of a distinctive, ancient culture. Focus is on the role of intellectuals in the articulation of collective identification and the cultural representations through which it is dispersed. The prime data supported this argument consists of aesthetic representations like novels, films, and photography.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Publication/Series

American Journal of Cultural Sociology

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Sociology

Keywords

  • Cultural nationalism
  • Cultural trauma
  • Intellectuals
  • Social movements

Status

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2049-7113