{"product_id":"marginal-at-the-center-the-life-story-of-a-public-sociologist-9780857457202","title":"Marginal At the Center The Life Story of a Public","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, a prolific writer, and a public sociologist. While he lived at the center of the Israeli society in which he was involved as both a scientist and a concerned citizen, he nevertheless felt marginal because of his unconventional worldview, his empathy for the oppressed, and his exceptional sense of universal justice, which were at odds with prevailing views. In this autobiography, the author, who was born in Transylvania in 1939 with cerebral palsy, describes how he and his family escaped the Nazis and the circumstances that brought them to Israel, the development of his understanding of Israeli and Palestinian histories, of the narratives each society tells itself, and of the implacable situationalong with predictions of some of the most disturbing developments that are taking place right now as well as solutions he hoped were still possible. Kimmerling's deep concern for Israel''s well-being, p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“What a wonderful read Baruch Kimmerling’s memoir is! [it takes] us from Kimmerling’s childhood in Romania, including his dramatic escape in 1944 on a horse-drawn carriage dodging a roundup of Jews in his hometown, to his final months in Jerusalem. His account, expertly translated by his wife Diana, is not a chronological story but one in which personal vignettes serve as launching pads for explorations of Israeli society and academia.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Some of the chapters… which describe his life as a public sociologist in Israel-Palestine, could well be read by sociologists in Northern Ireland, South Africa and other conflict zones as a lesson in how to use sociology to try to make a difference.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Magazine of the British Sociological Association\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Guerilla Fighter for Ideas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: AND THIS IS THE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e So that the child would not understand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fleeing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fantasies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ariel and Michael\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003ci\u003eTransylvania\u003c\/i\u003e was not the \u003ci\u003eRoslan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Library\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: CAMPUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e At the Dormitories\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Adam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e My Body's Betrayal\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Diana\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: THE STRUGGLE OVER THE PARADIGM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e March 6th, 1969\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Department\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e On Zionism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Between Boston and Toronto\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e On One Hand and on the Other Hand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ancestors’ Sepulchers and Sons’ Graves\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e About The Nuclear Issue\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e This Constitution is Prostitution\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Mouse that Roared\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20.\u003c\/strong\u003e State Option\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 21.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Right to Resist the Occupation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 22.\u003c\/strong\u003e Kulturkampf\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 23.\u003c\/strong\u003e Politicians\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 24.\u003c\/strong\u003e Between Despair and Hope\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIn Lieu of a Conclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Question Marks\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038914576727,"sku":"9780857457202","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857457202.jpg?v=1750941918","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marginal-at-the-center-the-life-story-of-a-public-sociologist-9780857457202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}