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Alon Helled
Alon Helled, PhD in social and political change, is a post-doctoral fellow and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Turin, Italy. He is specialized in Israeli society and politics from a socio-historical perspective. He is a fellow of the Norbert Elias Foundation since 2018, and a member of various scientific associations of social sciences, politics and Israeli studies.
Adapting Nations
Nations adapt. Nations are resilient both within and outside the boundaries of statehood. Yet scholarship tends to downplay nationhood, as it focuses on the polity. As a consequence, the investigation of modern societies, though usually articulated around the nation-state model, falls into state-centrism, whilst neglecting the other side of the coin.
Adapting Nations
Nations adapt. Nations are resilient both within and outside the boundaries of statehood. Yet scholarship tends to downplay nationhood, as it focuses on the polity. As a consequence, the investigation of modern societies, though usually articulated around the nation-state model, falls into state-centrism, whilst neglecting the other side of the coin.
Israel’s National Historiography
The book analyses the development of Israel's national identity through the world of local Jewish Zionist historiography. Inspired by Norbert Elias’ historical and figurational sociology, the book examines the different phases and generations in Israel in light of the collective habitus and the nation-state survival unit, set by Zionism.
Israel’s National Historiography
The book analyses the development of Israel's national identity through the world of local Jewish Zionist historiography. Inspired by Norbert Elias’ historical and figurational sociology, the book examines the different phases and generations in Israel in light of the collective habitus and the nation-state survival unit, set by Zionism.