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SUMMARY:Palestine and the Logic of Denial
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin the Center for Palestine Studies and the Society of Fe
 llows and Heyman Center for the Humanities for a talk by Saree Makdisi abo
 ut his recent book\, Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture o
 f Denial (University of California Press\, 2022). Introduction by Nadia Ab
 u El-Haj.\n\nThe question that Tolerance Is a Wasteland aims to answer mig
 ht seem simple: how can a violent project of dispossession and discriminat
 ion be imagined\, felt\, and profoundly believed in as though it were the 
 exact opposite––an embodiment of sustainability\, multicultural tolera
 nce\, and democratic idealism? Despite well-documented evidence of racism 
 and human rights abuse\, Israel has long been embraced by the most liberal
  sectors of European and American society as a manifestation of the progre
 ssive values of tolerance\, plurality\, inclusivity\, and democracy\, and 
 hence a project that can be passionately defended for its lofty ideals.\n\
 nFor more info about Tolerance Is a Wasteland\, click here.\n\nSaree Makdi
 si is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. His most re
 cent book is Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial
  (2022). His other books include Reading William Blake (2015)\, Making Eng
 land Western: Occidentalism\, Race and Imperial Culture (2014)\; and Pales
 tine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation (2010).\n\nNadia Abu El-Haj is Ann
  Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard Coll
 ege and Columbia University and Co-Director of the Center for Palestine St
 udies.\n\nNotes about the Venue\n\nThe Heyman Center is located in the Eas
 t Campus Residential Facility. Please allow extra time if you are attendin
 g an event and have not visited before.\n\nIf you wish to use Google Maps 
 to help you navigate to the Heyman Center\, please search for Ancel Plaza 
 and use the map above to find your way.\n\nPlease note that access to East
  Campus and the Heyman Center is controlled by a guard and advanced regist
 ration for this event is required.\n\nClick here for a printable PDF downl
 oad of the map.
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CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book
 Talk,Books,Books/Literature,Palestine,Palestinian,Palestinian
 Culture,Palestinian Stories
LOCATION:Heyman Center for the Humanities\, 74 Morningside Dr\, New York\, 
 New York\, United States
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