Anti-Zionism on Campus
The University, Free Speech, and BDS
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2018
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780253034076
- Publish Date
- Mar 2018
- List Price
- $131.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780253034069
- Publish Date
- Mar 2018
- List Price
- $60.00
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Description
Many scholars have endured the struggle against rising anti-Israel sentiments on college and university campuses worldwide. This volume of personal essays documents and analyzes the deleterious impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the most cherished Western institutions. These essays illustrate how anti-Israelism corrodes the academy and its treasured ideals of free speech, civility, respectful discourse, and open research. Nearly every chapter attests to the blurred distinction between anti-Israelism and antisemitism, as well as to hostile learning climates where many Jewish students, staff, and faculty feel increasingly unwelcome and unsafe. Anti-Zionism on Campus provides a testament to the specific ways anti-Israelism manifests on campuses and considers how this chilling and disturbing trend can be combatted.
About the authors
Doron S. Ben-Atar's profile page
Corinne Blackmer's profile page
Larissa Benita Klazinga's profile page
Jeffrey Kopstein's profile page
Philip Mendes is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Australia.
Richard Millett's profile page
Denise Nussbaum's profile page
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin's profile page
Jill Schneiderman's profile page
Ernest Sternberg's profile page
Editorial Reviews
Though these testimonials acknowledge that free academic inquiry can—and should—include criticism of any nation's policies, the writers make a persuasive case that the BDS movement is a dangerous amalgam of speech suppression and thinly veiled anti-Semitism. . . . Recommended.
Choice
Anti-Zionism on Campus is a tour de force. It accurately exposes the depth of anti-Israel bias on campuses (primarily in the U.S., but with several insightful chapters also focusing on the British, Australian, Canadian, and South African campus climate). It also underscores the high price and personal risk that comes with taking on this rising tide of anti-Zionism.
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