''Postcolonial Theory and the Arab–Israeli Conflict'' is a 2008 book edited by

Philip Carl Salzman Philip Carl Salzman (born c.1940) is professor emeritus of anthropology at McGill University, Quebec, Canada. Background Salzman graduated from Antioch College in Ohio, United States in 1962, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in ...

and

Donna Robinson Divine Donna Robinson Divine (born 1941) is the Morningstar Family Professor in Jewish Studies and Professor of Government at Smith College. She holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, 1963, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University, 1971, in Political Scienc ...

and published by Routledge Press. The book is based on the proceedings of a conference on "Postcolonial Theory and the Middle East" held at

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

in 2005. The essays were first published in a special issue of the journal ''Israel Affairs''.

The book contains the following essays: * Irfan Khawaja, “Essentialism, Consistency, and Islam: A Critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism” *

Ronald Niezen Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'',#H2, Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; #H1, Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English ''Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised ...

, “Postcolonialism and the Utopian Imagination” * Ed Morgan, “Orientalism and the Foreign Sovereign: Today I am a Man of Law” * Laurie Zoloth, “Mistaken-ness and the Nature of the ‘Post”: The Ethics and the Inevitability of Error in theoretical Work" *

Herbert Lewis Sir John Herbert Lewis (27 December 1858 – 10 November 1933) was a Welsh Liberal politician. Background and education Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was the only child of Enoch Lewis and Catherine Roberts. It is possible that Lewi ...

, “The Influence of Edward Said and Orientalism on Anthropology, or: Can the Anthropologist Speak?” *

Gerald M. Steinberg Gerald M. Steinberg. a professor of politics at Bar Ilan University, is an Israeli academic, political scientist, and political activist. He is founder and president of NGO Monitor, a policy analysis think tank focusing on non-governmental or ...

, “Postcolonial theory and the Ideology of Peace Studies” * Efraim Karsh, “The Missing Piece: Islamic Imperialism” * David Cook, “The Muslim Man’s Burden: Muslim Intellectuals Confront their Imperialist Past” *

Andrew Bostom Andrew G. Bostom is an American author and medical doctor who frequently writes about the subject of Islam. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University Medical School. Profile and career Bostom, who is Jewish, although "not partic ...

, “Negating the Legacy of Jihad in Palestine” *

, “Arab Culture and Postcolonial Theory” *

Richard Landes Richard Allen Landes (born June 26, 1949) is an American historian and author who specializes in medieval millennial thinking. Until 2015 he taught at Boston University, and then began working at Bar-Ilan University, where his current interests i ...

, “Edward Said and the Culture of Honour and Shame: Orientalism and our Misperceptions of the Arab–Israeli Conflict” * Gideon Shimoni, “Postcolonial Theory and the History of Zionism” *

S. Ilan Troen Ilan Troen is an Israeli scholar. He is the Karl, Harry and Helen Stoll Professor of Israel Studies at Brandeis University. Biography Selwyn Ilan Troen grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He is a graduate of Brandeis, with an M.A. and Ph.D ...

, “De-Judaising the Homeland: Academic Politics in Re-Writing the History of Palestine” *

, “The Middle East Conflict and its Postcolonial Discontents” * Irwin J. Mansdorf, “The Political Psychology of Postcolonial Ideology in the Arab World: an analysis of ‘Occupation’ and the ‘Right of Return’"

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