Vol. 2 No. 008 (2014): Issue 008

غلاف العدد 8 من دورية عمران

Issue 8 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Spring 2014) includes the following studies and articles: “Zionism and Colonialism” (Elia Zureik); “Demography and Conflicts in the context of Israel/Palestine. Forecasts for the future” (Youssef Kerbage); “Reinserting Political Economy into Palestinian Policy Analysis and Movement” (Toufic Haddad); “Activism and Academia: The Case of Palestine” (Ilan Pappé); “Walking Through Walls: The Invisible War” (Sahera Bleibleh); “Why Do We Care So Much About What Others Think? An Introduction to Sociological Epistemology” (Hicham Khabbach); “The Formation of the Individual and the Constituents of Individuality in Tunisian Society” (Adel Belhaj Rhouma); “A Reading of the Arab Revolutions: Arab Societies between Acceptance of Revolution and the Potential of Counterrevolution” (Walid Noueihed); “Le proche et le lointain. Un siècle d’anthropologie au Maroc by Hassan Rachik” (Yahia Ben al-Walid).

Published: 2014-04-01
Issue totals:255 views320 downloads

Studies

  • Why Do We Care So Much About What Others Think? An Introduction to Sociological Epistemology 22 views26 downloads

    Author: Hicham Khabbach
    107-124

    In this study, Shabbat draws upon the expertise of sociological epistemology in an attempt to answer a central question, namely why do we care so much about what others think of us? The study...

  • The Formation of the Individual and the Constituents of Individuality in Tunisian Society 19 views28 downloads

    Author: Adel Belhaj Rhouma
    125-140

    What is one investigating when attempting to determine the nature of the individual and individuality in non-western societies such as, for example, Tunisian society? This is the question posed...

Issue Focus

  • Zionism and Colonialism 22 views24 downloads

    Author: Elia Zureik
    7-34

    Zureik explores the nature of Zionism and its colonial practices, with the objective of demystifying the Zionist myth and narrative, claiming that Zionism, and its embodiment through colonial...

  • Demography and Conflicts in the context of Israel/Palestine. Forecasts for the future 21 views29 downloads

    Author: Youssef Kerbage
    35-50

    The subject of demographic conflict in Palestine has recently received additional momentum after the January 2013 Knesset elections in Israel, when far right and settler’s parties, with annexing...

  • Reinserting Political Economy into Palestinian Policy Analysis and Movement 24 views28 downloads

    Author: Toufic Haddad
    51-72

    Political economy analysis harbors powerful tools for conceptualizing the current state of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), both in regards to its developmental condition, and vis-à-vis...

  • Activism and Academia: The Case of Palestine 21 views25 downloads

    Author: Ilan Pappé
    73-86

    This paper addresses the rise and fall of the intellectual and academic critique of Zionism within Jewish society in Israel. Such critique emerged in the late 1980s as a result of social,...

  • Walking Through Walls: The Invisible War 21 views23 downloads

    Author: Sahera Bleibleh
    87-104

    This paper presents the implications of modern urban warfare through ethnographic research of the Palestinian lived experience of the 2002 Israeli invasion Edjteyah. It is a scholarly attempt to...

Book Reviews

  • A Reading of the Arab Revolutions: Arab Societies between Acceptance of Revolution and the Potential of Counterrevolution 21 views25 downloads

    Author: Walid Noueihed
    143-158

    This paper is the first part of the author’s reading of books published by the ACRPS around the Arab revolutions. It deals with these books in terms of their acceptance of revolution in Arab...

  • Le proche et le lointain. Un siècle d’anthropologie au Maroc by Hassan Rachik 21 views27 downloads

    Author: Yahia Ben al-Walid
    159-166

    Book Title: Le Proche et le lointain: un siècle d’anthropologie au Maroc Author: Hassan Rachik Place of publication: Aix-en-Provence Publisher: Éditions Parenthèses/Maison Méditerranéenne des...

Reports

  • في سياسات التنمية وأطوار التاريخ الانتقالي المؤتمر السنوي الثالث للعلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية 21 views31 downloads

    Author: هيئة التحرير
    181-186

    تمثل هذه الورقة ملخصًا لفعاليات المؤتمر السنوي الثالث للعلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية، والذي عقده المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات في تونس في 20-22 آذار/مارس 2014. وتركزت أعمال المؤتمر على...

Book Presentations

  • تقديم لمجموعة من الكتب 21 views31 downloads

    Author: نيروز ساتيك
    167-174

    تقدم هذه الورقة تقديمًا مختصرًا لثلاثة كتب هي: "المهمَّشون في صعيد مصر: آليات السيطرة والخضوع" للمؤلفة آمال طنطاوي، "البركان قصة انطلاق المقاومة العراقية" للمؤلف وليد الزبيدي، "إشكالية الدولة...

  • تقديم كتاب 21 views23 downloads

    Author: زياد منى
    175-177

    الكتاب: سجلات السلب، أملاك اللاجئين الفلسطينيين والصراع العربي - الإسرائيلي؛ دراسة في الأرشيفات الرسمية والمراجع الدولية الكاتب: مايكل فيشباخ ترجمة: سميح حمود الناشر: مؤسسة الدراسات الفلسطينية...