| Description |
1 online resource (x, 234 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in Israeli studies
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SUNY series in Israeli studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Psychoanalysis and international relations -- The Israeli self -- The security ethic of the IDF -- Israel and the Lebanon war -- Israel and the intifada -- From dissonance to rightsizing: Israel's path to Oslo -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
The International Self explores an age-old question in international affairs, one that has been particularly pressing in the context of the contemporary Middle East: what leads long-standing adversaries to seek peace? Mira M. Sucharov employs a socio-psychoanalytic model to argue that collective identity ultimately shapes foreign policy and policy change. Specifically, she shows that all states possess a distinctive role-identity that tends to shape behavior in the international realm. When policy deviates too greatly from the established role-identity, the population experiences cognitive dissonance and expresses this through counternarratives-an unconscious representation of what the polity collectively fears in itself-propelling political elites to realign the state's policy with its identity. Focusing on Israel's decision to embark on negotiations leading to the 1993 agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Sucharov sees this policy reversal as a reaction to the unease generated by two events in the 1980s-the war in Lebanon and the first Palestinian Intifada-that contradicted Israelis' perceptions of their state as a "defensive warrior." Her argument bridges the fields of conflict resolution, Middle East studies, and international relations. Book jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Psychological aspects.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Psychological aspects. |
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Political psychology.
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Political psychology. |
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Psychoanalysis -- Social aspects -- Israel.
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Psychoanalysis -- Social aspects. |
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Israel. |
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Israel -- Ethnic relations -- Psychological aspects.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace.
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Arab-Israeli conflict. |
| Chronological Term |
1993- |
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Peace. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Peace. |
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Ethnic relations -- Psychological aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1993 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sucharov, Mira. International self. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005 0791465055 (DLC) 2004020821 (OCoLC)56421881 |
| ISBN |
1423748751 (electronic book) |
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9781423748755 (electronic book) |
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0791465055 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791465059 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791483060 |
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0791483061 |
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