Thinking Palestine Book

Introduction Thinking Palestine Ronit Lentin Lentin, Ronit 1

Pt. I The Palestinianization of Race 23

1 Racial Palestinianization David Theo Goldberg Goldberg, David Theo 25

2 Globalizing Racism and Myths of the Other in the 'War on Terror' Gargi Bhattacharyya Bhattacharyya, Gargi 46

Pt. II Palestine: Biopolitics and States of Exception 63

3 Thanatopolitics: The Case of the Colonial Occupation in Palestine Honaida Ghanim Ghanim, Honaida 65

4 Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon: Laboratories of State-in-the-Making, Discipline and Islamist Radicalism Sari Hanafi Hanafi, Sari 82

5 Incarceration and the State of Exception: Al-Ansar Mass Detention Camp in Lebanon Laleh Khalili Khalili, Laleh 101

6 The Ghettoization of the Palestinians Alina Korn Korn, Alina 116

7 The Persistence of the Exception: Some Remarks on the Story of Israeli Constitutionalism Raef Zreik Zreik, Raef 131

8 The Mukhabarat State of Israel: A State of Oppression is not a State of Exception Ilan Pappe Pappe, Ilan 148

Pt. III Palestine: Contested Representations 171

9 Palestinian Munadelat: Between Western Representation and Lived Reality Nahla Abdo Abdo, Nahla 173

10 Authenticity and Political Agency on Study Trips to Palestine David Landy Landy, David 189

11 The Contested Memory of Dispossession: Commemorizing the Palestinian Nakba in Israel Ronit Lentin Lentin, Ronit 206

12 The State, the Text and the Critic in a Globalized World: The Case of Edward Said Conor McCarthy McCarthy, Conor 221

13 Understanding the Present Through the Past: Between British and Israeli Discourses on Palestine Anaheed Al-Hardan Al-Hardan, Anaheed 236

Contributors254

Index 258