The venerable Joel Beinin of Stanford puts the call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions into proper historical context. The clip is worth watching in its entirety, but definitely check out this final bit. Some oppose an academic boycott because they believe, or hope, that scholarly or other forms of dialogue contribute to peace. This can be debated, but in my opinion that hope rests on historical amnesia and category errors. Dialogue between slaves and slaveholders, or between abolitionists and slaveholders, did not bring about emancipation. Dialogue between French colonial settlers and Algerian Muslims did not lead to Algerian independence. Dialogue can have a positive outcome only if it is conducted among equals. Israeli scholars and institutions are generally pleased to regard western scholars as their colleagues and equals. Relatively few are willing to consider Palestinian scholars their peers, and that comprises a very large part of the problem. https://youtube/watch?v=waNa5ublkyI#t=12m49s
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:45:41 +0000
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