ISBN:
0804782016
,
9780804782012
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 310 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.8924056709041
Keywords:
Jews History
;
20th century
;
Iraq
;
Jews Identity
;
Iraq
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Iraq
;
Jews Identity
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Jews History 20th century
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Ethnic relations
;
Jews
;
Jews ; Identity
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Jews ; Intellectual life
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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History
;
Iraq Ethnic relations
;
History
;
20th century
;
Iraq History
;
Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958
;
Iraq History Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958
;
Iraq Ethnic relations 20th century
;
History
;
Iraq
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Although Iraqi Jews saw themselves as Iraqi patriots, their community-which had existed in Iraq for more than 2,500 years-was displaced following the establishment of the state of Israel. New Babylonians chronicles the lives of these Jews, their urban Arab culture, and their hopes for a democratic nation-state. It studies their ideas about Judaism, Islam, secularism, modernity, and reform, focusing on Iraqi Jews who internalized narratives of Arab and Iraqi nationalisms and on those who turned to communism in the 1940s. As the book reveals, the ultimate displacement of this community was not t
Abstract:
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Brothers and Others; Chapter 2: Nationalism and Patriotism; Chapter 3: The Effendia; Chapter 4: Friends, Neighbors, and Enemies; Chapter 5: Red Baghdad; Chapter 6: An End?; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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