Textbooks on Israel-Palestine: The Politics of Education and Knowledge in the West

This book explores how the Israel/Palestine question is narrated in Western academia, revealing that Western academic knowledge is biased, misleading, and dogmatic. It provides an empirical investigation of the most popular college-level textbooks used to teach the history of the conflict, combining textbook analysis and context analysis to identify who manufactures the dominant knowledge. The book is a valuable resource for students and professors to use as a critique of textbooks and an intervention into the state of affairs in Western academia.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 24 February 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

The Israel/Palestine question has been a subject of significant debate in Western academia, with the narrative often dominated by certain ideas and perspectives. In this book, Seyed Hadi Borhani aims to shed light on the dominant narratives presented in key textbooks on the subject and the truth that is presented.

It is widely acknowledged that Western support for Israel played a crucial role in the establishment of Zionist objectives in Palestine. However, the academic support for Israel in the West has been a neglected issue, with Western academic knowledge often regarded as impartial and objective. This book challenges this perception and reveals that knowledge on the Israel/Palestine question has been biased, misleading, and dogmatic.

Borhani conducts an empirical investigation into the most popular college-level textbooks used to teach the history of the Israel/Palestine in Western universities. He combines "textbook analysis" to determine how the dominant academic texts report the question and "context analysis" to identify the individuals and institutions that manufacture the dominant knowledge.

Through this comprehensive analysis, Borhani provides a historical map of how the Israel-Palestine conflict is understood in the West. He identifies the key ideas and perspectives that dominate the textbooks and explores how they shape the narrative presented to students. The book serves as a valuable critique for students and professors, allowing them to examine the textbooks alongside the official narratives and gain a deeper understanding of the subject.

Borhani's book is a much-needed intervention into the state of affairs in Western academia. It challenges the dominant narratives and provides a more nuanced and accurate portrayal of the Israel/Palestine conflict. By exposing the biases and distortions in the textbooks, the book empowers students to develop a critical perspective and challenge the assumptions they have been taught.

In conclusion, this book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the Israel/Palestine question from a critical perspective. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the dominant narratives in key textbooks

in Western academia and challenges the notion that Western academic knowledge is impartial and objective. By exposing the biases and distortions in the textbooks.

Weight: 552g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350233089