Modernity and the hybridization of nationalism and religion: Zionism and the Jews of the Middle East as a heuristic case

Theory and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-30

  Shenhav, Yehouda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 34347352032     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-006-9015-8     Document Type: Article

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