{"product_id":"9781487507367","title":"The Conflict over the Conflict","description":"Author: Kenneth S. Stern\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487507367\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 May 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 296 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today's college and university campuses: Israel\/Palestine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome pro-Palestinian students call supporters of Israel's right to exist racist, and disrupt their events. Some pro-Israel students label pro-Palestinian students terrorists, and the Jews among them traitors. Lawsuits are filed. Legislation is proposed. Faculty members are blacklisted and receive death threats. Academic freedom is compromised and the entire academic enterprise is threatened. How did we get here and what can be done?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this passionate book, Kenneth S. Stern examines attempts from each side to censor the other at a time when some say students, rather than being challenged to wrestle with difficult issues and ideas, are being quarantined from them. He uniquely frames the examination: our ability to think rationally is inhibited when our identity is fiercely connected to an issue of perceived social justice or injustice, and our proclivity to see in-groups and out-groups  us versus them  is obvious. According to Stern, the campus is the best place to mine this conflict and our intense views about it to help future generations do what they are supposed to do: think. \u003ci\u003eThe Conflict over the Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e shows how this is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919518974110,"sku":"ING-9781487507367","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487507367.jpg?v=1782813427","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487507367","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}