The rise of the individual in 1950s Israel: A challenge to collectivism

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Abstract

In this sharply argued volume, Orit Rozin reveals the flaws in the conventional account of Israeli society in the 1950s, which portrayed the Israeli public as committed to a collectivist ideology. In fact, major sectors of Israeli society espoused individualism and rejected the state-imposed collectivist ideology. Rozin draws on archival, legal, and media sources to analyze the attitudes of black-market profiteers, politicians and judges, middle-class homemakers, and immigrants living in transit camps and rural settlements. Part of a refreshing trend in recent Israeli historiography to study the voices, emotions, and ideas of ordinary people, Rozin’s book provides an important corrective to much extant scholarly literature on Israel’s early years.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationWaltham, Mass
Number of pages254
ISBN (Electronic)128332086X, 1584658924, 1611680816, 1611680824, 9781584658924, 9781611680812, 9781611680829, 9786613320865
StatePublished - 2011

Publication series

NameThe Schusterman series in Israel studies
PublisherBrandeis University Press

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities

ULI publications

  • uli
  • Collectivism -- Political aspects -- Israel -- History -- 20th century
  • Individualism -- Political aspects -- Israel -- History -- 20th century
  • Israel -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
  • Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
  • Israel -- Social conditions -- 20th century
  • Israel -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
  • ישראל -- הווי ומנהגים -- המאה ה-20
  • ישראל -- מצב חברתי -- המאה ה-20
  • ישראל -- מצב כלכלי -- המאה ה-20
  • إسرائيل -- الأحوال الاجتماعية -- القرن ٢٠
  • إسرائيل -- الأحوال الاقتصادية -- القرن ٢٠
  • إسرائيل -- الحياة الاجتماعيّة والعادات -- القرن ٢٠

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