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This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea – the one-state model for Israel and Palestine – and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

An Unintended Ethnography: Part 1

1 Outside Academia

2 The Forbidden Question: “One State or Two?”

An Unintended Ethnography: Part 2

3 Mixing Jurisdictions: Academic Foreign Policy

4 Inside Academia

An Unintended Ethnography: Part 3 – Making Sense

5 Accountability and Validity

6 Academic Freedom and the Worthiness of Ideas

Conclusion: Epicycles and Political Work

Appendices: Correspondence and Documentation

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Unthinkable Thoughts

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9780774822084, 978-0774822084
      ISBN10: 0774822082

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea – the one-state model for Israel and Palestine – and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      An Unintended Ethnography: Part 1

      1 Outside Academia

      2 The Forbidden Question: “One State or Two?”

      An Unintended Ethnography: Part 2

      3 Mixing Jurisdictions: Academic Foreign Policy

      4 Inside Academia

      An Unintended Ethnography: Part 3 – Making Sense

      5 Accountability and Validity

      6 Academic Freedom and the Worthiness of Ideas

      Conclusion: Epicycles and Political Work

      Appendices: Correspondence and Documentation

      Notes

      Selected Bibliography

      Index

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