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This paper attempts to present Heschel's thoughts on the land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem, examining the demands and goals that he set for himself and the Jewish people as a result of the Six-Day War, observing how well Israel has lived up to these ideals since then, and asking if they could be further fulfilled and/or critiqued.

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At head of title: Governmental Research Bureau. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Cultural Politics of Race and Nature: Terrains of Power and Practice -- PART ONE. Calculating Improvements -- 1. After the Great White Error . . . the Great Black Mirage -- 2. Simians, Savages, Skulls, and Sex Science and Colonial Militarism in Nineteenth-Century South Africa -- 3. ''The More You Kill the More You Will Live'' The Maya, ''Race,'' and Biopolitical Hopes for Peace in Guatemala -- PART TWO. Landscapes of Purity and Pollution -- 4. ''There is a Land where Everything is Pure'' Linguistic Nationalism and Identity Politics in Germany -- 5. ''On the Raggedy Edge of Risk'' Articulations of Race and Nature After Biology -- 6. Beyond Ecoliberal ''Common Futures'' Environmental Justice, Toxic Touring, and a Transcommunal Politics of Place -- PART THREE. Communities of Blood and Belonging -- 7. Inventing the Heterozygote Molecular Biology, Racial Identity, and the Narratives of Sickle Cell Disease, Tay-Sachs, and Cystic Fibrosis -- 8. For the Love of a Good Dog Webs of Action in the World of Dog Genetics -- 9. Intimate Publics Race, Property, and Personhood -- PART FOUR. The Politics of Representation -- 10. Men in Paradise Sex Tourism and the Political Economy of Masculinity -- 11. Pulp Fictions of Indigenism -- 12. Masyarakat Adat, Difference, and the Limits of Recognition in Indonesia's Forest Zone -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index

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