Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
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- Synopsis
- How Israeli universities collaborate in Israeli state violence against PalestiniansIsraeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy. Drawing on extensive research and making Hebrew sources accessible to the international community, Maya Wind shatters this myth and documents how Israeli universities are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights.As this book shows, Israeli universities serve as pillars of Israel's system of oppression againstPalestinians. Academic disciplines, degree programs, campus infrastructure, and research laboratories all service Israeli occupation and apartheid, while universities violate the rights of Palestinians to education, stifle critical scholarship, and violently repress student dissent. Towers of Ivory and Steel is a powerful expose of Israeli academia&’s ongoing and active complicity in Israel&’s settler-colonial project.
- Copyright:
- 2024
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781804291757
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781804291740
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Date of Addition:
- 02/13/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Maya Wind
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Nadia Abu El-Haj