Psychoanalysis, Identity, and Ideology: Critical Essays on the Israel/Palestine Case

Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Identity, Ideology, and History. 1. Political and literary answers to some 'Jewish Questions': Proust, Joyce, Freud, and Herzl; B. Beit-Hallahmi. 2. The Temporal Emblematics of Belonging: Position and Validity in Israeli Political Discourse; D. Diner. 3. Towards a Critical Analysis of Israeli Political Culture; M. Zuckerman. 4. On Marginal People: The Case of the Palestinians in Israel; R. Suleiman. 5. Unconscious defense mechanisms and social mechanisms used in national and political conflicts; R. Moses. 6. Contentious Origins: Psychoanalytic Comments on the Debate over Israel's Creation; J. Brunner. Part II: Psychoanalytic Treatment in Historical and Political Context. 7. Psychoanalysis moves to Palestine: Immigration, integration, and reception; E.J. Rolnik. 8. Beyond analytic anonymity: On the political involvement of psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in Israel; E. Berman. 9. Unavoidable Links and Violable Links: Israelis and Palestinians in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training; Y. Gampel. Epilogue: Looking Forward; J. Bunzl. Index.