The Political Culture of Arab-Israeli Conflict

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1、THEPOLITICALCULTUREOFARAB-ISRAELICONFLICTbyWilliamA.GamsonUniversityofMichiganNovember,1981CRSOWORKINGPAPERNO.251Copiesavailablethrough:CenterforResearchonSocialOrganizationUniversityofMichigan330PackardStreetAnnArbor,Michigan48109-'ThePoliticalCultur

2、eofArab-IsraeliConflictWilliam.A.GamsonUniversityofMichiganNovember,1981PaperpresentedatSeventeenthNorthAmericanPeaceScienceConference,PeaceScienceSociety(International),philadelphi&November1981.The.PoliticalCultureofArab-IsraeliConflictListentothe-la

3、nguageofArab-Israeliconflict.TheYomKippurWar.The..War'ofRamadan.ZionismisthenationalliberationmovementoftheJewishpeople.Zionismisracism.Theadministeredterritories.Theoccupiedterritories.TheWestBank.SouthernSyria.JudeaandSamaria.Sometimesitissaidofacon

4、flictthat..itismeielysymbolic.As.ifsymbols'werenotcentralto.mostconflictsand..fundamentallyinseparablefromthematerialaspects.Everyconflicttakesplaceinaparticularsymbolicenvironment.'PoliticaldiscoursesurroundingArab-Israeliconflictdraws.onacat'alogueo

5、favailableideaelements,andmakesuseofavarietyof.symbolicdevicestoexpressthese'ideas.Thissetof'ideaelements,org&izedaridclusteredinvariousways,comprisesthepoliticalcultureoftheconflict.Thiscultureisrooted'intime'zindspace.'.ThepoliticalcultureofArab-Isr

6、aeliconflictisnotthesametodayasitwasin1948.Thereisonepoliticalculturein,'..Israel,adifferentonein~rabcountries,andstillanotherintheUnitedStates.ThecataloguefromwhichtheGushEmuniminIsraeldraw.theirsymbolismhasnocounterpartintheUnitedStates.Theideaofjih

7、adorholywarinArabculturehasnocounterpartinAmericanculture.Events,suchastheSadatvisittoJerusalem,ortheonsetofawar,provideanoccasionfor.displayofthepoliticalculture.Spokesmenforvariouspartiesinthe.'conflictdisplayitintheirpronouncementsontheseevents.Jou

8、rnalistsdisplayitintheircommentaryontheevents.Majoreventsaffectingtheconflictmaketheculturevisibleandprovideuswithanopportunitytoanalyseit..-.Inthelargerstudyofwhichthispaperisapart,weexamineanumberofissuesusingthesameapproach.Hence;beforeturn