The crisis of neoliberalism and the upsurge of populist politics have renewed interest in how con... more The crisis of neoliberalism and the upsurge of populist politics have renewed interest in how contemporary economic elites justify their privileged position, trying to be “moral” and “rich” in an era of increasing inequality and an anti-elite climate. We addressed this question through an ethnographic analysis of the socio-cultural life of the heirs of the Israeli economic elite and of the boundary-making processes that philanthropy allows them as they face internal and external challenges. Adopting analytical tools from a cultural process approach to inequality and a contextual approach to elite distinction, we suggest that the heirs generate distinct social and symbolic position within a changing field of power by presenting themselves as an “elite without elitism.” This is accomplished through a mutually reinforcing interplay between intra-elite distinctions and “inter-class inconspicuous distinction.” We contribute to the current analysis of elite reproduction “beyond Bourdieu” first by pointing at the (re)production of power and difference within the elite, and second by showing that where distinctions are drawn, matters.
Ross Abbinnett Kiyoshi Abe Raja Adal Peter Adey Niels Albertsen Lori Allen Anne Allison Ash Amin ... more Ross Abbinnett Kiyoshi Abe Raja Adal Peter Adey Niels Albertsen Lori Allen Anne Allison Ash Amin Louise Amoore Jens Andermann Ben Anderson Ien Ang Gil Anidjar Floya Anthias Antonio Arantes John Armitage Karel Arnaut Rowland Atkinson Jonathan Bach Dirk Baecker Peter Baehr Patrick Baert Jennifer Bajorek William Balee Anne Barron Andrew Barry Zohreh Bayatrizi David Beer Fernanda Beigel Peter Beilharz Vikki Bell Debra Benita Shaw David Bennett Shaun Best Gurminder Bhambra Gregory Bird Ole Bjerg Claire Blencowe Anders Blok Thomas Boland Dave Boothroyd Christian Borch Georgina Born Rosi Braidotti Benjamin Bratton Andrea Brighenti Julian Brigstocke Vanessa Brown Antony Bryant Robin Bunton Peter Burke James Burton Robert Button David Byrne Matthew Calarco Kirsten Campbell Michael Campbell Elizabeth Carnegie Michael Carolan Ellis Cashmore Antonio Casilli Stephen Casper Genaro Castro-Vazquez David Cecchetto Iain Chambers Sébastien Chauvin John Cheney-Lippold Daniel Chernilo
A partir des annees soixante-dix, le patronat israelien fait appel a de nombreux travailleurs ven... more A partir des annees soixante-dix, le patronat israelien fait appel a de nombreux travailleurs venant des territoires palestiniens dans l'agriculture et le bâtiment. L'intensification des violences au debut des annees quatre-vingt-dix, conduit a un controle accru des deplacements des Palestiniens en Israel et pousse les employeurs a obtenir du gouvernement qu'il autorise la venue de travailleurs immigres d'outre-mer. Le recrutement de cette main-d'oeuvre immigree marque le debut d'une nouvelle ere dans les relations entre Israeliens et Palestiniens.
Every Saturday evening, hundreds of persons gather at a religious service in a Catholic church wh... more Every Saturday evening, hundreds of persons gather at a religious service in a Catholic church where a weekly mass is conducted in Spanish by a Franciscan priest. Many of the churchgoers actively participate, reading passages from the New Testament, singing in the choir, or playing instruments. Melodies of Latin American folk music are played intermittently, breaking the solemnity of the religious ritual. Two important aspects make this event unique: first, that it takes place in the old city of Jaffa, Israel, and second, it is especially organized by the church in order to attend to the needs of an emergent non-Jewish, undocumented Latino community in the city of Tel Aviv.
The article deals with the political and cultural practices whereby the blurring of territorial b... more The article deals with the political and cultural practices whereby the blurring of territorial borders became an inextricable part of Jewish nationalism in Israel after the 1967 war and until the early 1990s. Drawing on a constructivist approach that conceives of territorial borders as social and cultural constructs, I suggest that the liminal geopolitical situation of non-annexationlnon-withdrawal in which Israel has been involved since 1967 can be understood with reference to the frontier cultural idiom that has structured Israeli politics and collective imagination when dealing with the nation's 'geo-body'. The article analyzes the Labor government discourse on territories and borders from 1967 until it lost power in 1977 to show how the frontier idiom became a dominant mechanism, structuring the tracks along which the territorial occupation was both perceived and implemented. It proceeds to show the ways in which the frontier idiom remained a central component of a ...
The crisis of neoliberalism and the upsurge of populist politics have renewed interest in how con... more The crisis of neoliberalism and the upsurge of populist politics have renewed interest in how contemporary economic elites justify their privileged position, trying to be “moral” and “rich” in an era of increasing inequality and an anti-elite climate. We addressed this question through an ethnographic analysis of the socio-cultural life of the heirs of the Israeli economic elite and of the boundary-making processes that philanthropy allows them as they face internal and external challenges. Adopting analytical tools from a cultural process approach to inequality and a contextual approach to elite distinction, we suggest that the heirs generate distinct social and symbolic position within a changing field of power by presenting themselves as an “elite without elitism.” This is accomplished through a mutually reinforcing interplay between intra-elite distinctions and “inter-class inconspicuous distinction.” We contribute to the current analysis of elite reproduction “beyond Bourdieu” first by pointing at the (re)production of power and difference within the elite, and second by showing that where distinctions are drawn, matters.
Ross Abbinnett Kiyoshi Abe Raja Adal Peter Adey Niels Albertsen Lori Allen Anne Allison Ash Amin ... more Ross Abbinnett Kiyoshi Abe Raja Adal Peter Adey Niels Albertsen Lori Allen Anne Allison Ash Amin Louise Amoore Jens Andermann Ben Anderson Ien Ang Gil Anidjar Floya Anthias Antonio Arantes John Armitage Karel Arnaut Rowland Atkinson Jonathan Bach Dirk Baecker Peter Baehr Patrick Baert Jennifer Bajorek William Balee Anne Barron Andrew Barry Zohreh Bayatrizi David Beer Fernanda Beigel Peter Beilharz Vikki Bell Debra Benita Shaw David Bennett Shaun Best Gurminder Bhambra Gregory Bird Ole Bjerg Claire Blencowe Anders Blok Thomas Boland Dave Boothroyd Christian Borch Georgina Born Rosi Braidotti Benjamin Bratton Andrea Brighenti Julian Brigstocke Vanessa Brown Antony Bryant Robin Bunton Peter Burke James Burton Robert Button David Byrne Matthew Calarco Kirsten Campbell Michael Campbell Elizabeth Carnegie Michael Carolan Ellis Cashmore Antonio Casilli Stephen Casper Genaro Castro-Vazquez David Cecchetto Iain Chambers Sébastien Chauvin John Cheney-Lippold Daniel Chernilo
A partir des annees soixante-dix, le patronat israelien fait appel a de nombreux travailleurs ven... more A partir des annees soixante-dix, le patronat israelien fait appel a de nombreux travailleurs venant des territoires palestiniens dans l'agriculture et le bâtiment. L'intensification des violences au debut des annees quatre-vingt-dix, conduit a un controle accru des deplacements des Palestiniens en Israel et pousse les employeurs a obtenir du gouvernement qu'il autorise la venue de travailleurs immigres d'outre-mer. Le recrutement de cette main-d'oeuvre immigree marque le debut d'une nouvelle ere dans les relations entre Israeliens et Palestiniens.
Every Saturday evening, hundreds of persons gather at a religious service in a Catholic church wh... more Every Saturday evening, hundreds of persons gather at a religious service in a Catholic church where a weekly mass is conducted in Spanish by a Franciscan priest. Many of the churchgoers actively participate, reading passages from the New Testament, singing in the choir, or playing instruments. Melodies of Latin American folk music are played intermittently, breaking the solemnity of the religious ritual. Two important aspects make this event unique: first, that it takes place in the old city of Jaffa, Israel, and second, it is especially organized by the church in order to attend to the needs of an emergent non-Jewish, undocumented Latino community in the city of Tel Aviv.
The article deals with the political and cultural practices whereby the blurring of territorial b... more The article deals with the political and cultural practices whereby the blurring of territorial borders became an inextricable part of Jewish nationalism in Israel after the 1967 war and until the early 1990s. Drawing on a constructivist approach that conceives of territorial borders as social and cultural constructs, I suggest that the liminal geopolitical situation of non-annexationlnon-withdrawal in which Israel has been involved since 1967 can be understood with reference to the frontier cultural idiom that has structured Israeli politics and collective imagination when dealing with the nation's 'geo-body'. The article analyzes the Labor government discourse on territories and borders from 1967 until it lost power in 1977 to show how the frontier idiom became a dominant mechanism, structuring the tracks along which the territorial occupation was both perceived and implemented. It proceeds to show the ways in which the frontier idiom remained a central component of a ...
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