TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic, affirmation or ethnic manipulation
T2 - The case of the Druze in Israel
AU - Kaufman, Ilana
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - The article examines the question of how and why the Druze in Israel are defined officially as a 'national' community, separate from Arab-Palestinian citizens. The article reviews the historical record of the Druze-jewish relationship beginning with the pre- 1948 period, and the steps taken by the State to institutionalize the Druze as an ethno-religious community. The conclusion of the article is that the State successfully manipulated the religious identity of the Druze. It was done for purely 'Jewish-Zionist' reasons, in order to preserve the coherence of the hegemonic ethno-republican citizenship discourse. The current undermining of this discourse threatens also to undo the Druze's unique position between Jews and Arabs in Israel.
AB - The article examines the question of how and why the Druze in Israel are defined officially as a 'national' community, separate from Arab-Palestinian citizens. The article reviews the historical record of the Druze-jewish relationship beginning with the pre- 1948 period, and the steps taken by the State to institutionalize the Druze as an ethno-religious community. The conclusion of the article is that the State successfully manipulated the religious identity of the Druze. It was done for purely 'Jewish-Zionist' reasons, in order to preserve the coherence of the hegemonic ethno-republican citizenship discourse. The current undermining of this discourse threatens also to undo the Druze's unique position between Jews and Arabs in Israel.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2942633019&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13537110390444122
DO - 10.1080/13537110390444122
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AN - SCOPUS:2942633019
SN - 1353-7113
VL - 9
SP - 53
EP - 82
JO - Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
JF - Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
IS - 4
ER -