Out of the Frame - The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel

Informationen zum Autor Illan Pappe is Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of numerous books, including Ten Myths About Israel (Verso, 2017), The Forgotten Palestinians (Yale University Press, 2013) and The Idea of Israel (Verso, 2012). Klappentext Even before he wrote his bestselling book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine , historian Ilan Pappe was a controversial figure in Israel. In Out of the Frame , he gives a full account of his break with mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences. Here he traces his journey of discovery from the whispers of Palestinian classmates to his realisation that the 'enemy's' narrative of the events of 1948 was correct. After completing his thesis at Oxford University in the early 1980s, he returned to Palestine determined to protect the memory of the Nakbah. For the first time he gives the details of the formidable opposition he faced in Israel, including death threats fed by the media, denunciations by the Knesset and calls for him to be sacked from his post at Haifa university. This revealing work, written with dignity and humour, highlights Israel's difficulty in facing up to its past and forging a peaceful, inclusive future in Palestine. Zusammenfassung Bestselling author and historian Ilan Pappe tells the story of his struggle against the Israeli academy to reveal truths about the 1948 Nakbah.

Product details

• Authors: Collectif, Ilan Pappe, Ilan Pappé, Pappe Ilan
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2010
• EAN: 9780745327266
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2726-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, History, History: specific events & topics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, Palestine, History: specific events and topics, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms