Eastwind Books of Berkeley
  • Home
  • Donate!
  • Upcoming Events
    • Past Eastwind Events
    • Eastwind Book Club
  • Author Spotlights
  • Holiday Books & Gifts
  • Greeting Cards
  • VAALA Viet Book Fest
  • Distributed by Eastwind
  • Asian American Studies
    • Chinese American Studies
    • Filipino American Studies
    • Japanese American Studies
    • Korean American Studies
    • South Asian American Studies
    • Southeast Asian American Studies
  • Asian American Literature
    • Chinese American Literature
    • Japanese American Literature
    • Korean American Literature
    • Filipinx American Literature
    • Southeast Asian American Literature
    • South Asian American Literature
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Ethnic Studies
    • African American Studies
    • Chicanx/Latinx Studies
    • Native American Studies
    • Pacific Islander Am. Studies
  • Ethnic Literature
    • African American Literature
    • Chicanx/Latinx Literature
    • Native American Literature
    • Pacific Islander Am. Listerature
  • Children & Young Readers
    • African American Children's Books
    • Chinese Children's Books
    • Filipino Children's Books
    • Japanese Children's Books
    • Korean Children's Books
    • South Asian Children's Books
    • Southeast Asian Children's Books
  • Poetry
    • Chinese American Poetry
    • Japanese American Poetry
    • Korean American Poetry
    • Filipino American Poetry
    • Southeast Asian American Poetry
  • Graphic Novels
  • Food & Cook Books
  • Asia
    • Asian Literature and Poetry
    • Asian Fantasy & Sci Fi
  • Merchandise & Gifts
    • Eastwind Merchandise
    • Haruyo Knechtli Ceramics >
      • Ceramics
    • Southeast Asian Art Prints
    • Journals & Notebooks
  • More Categories
    • Arts & Crafts/Art Supplies
    • Martial Arts & Qigong
    • Philosophy
    • Religion and Spirituality
    • Medicine
    • Culture
    • Film & Media
    • History >
      • Bay Area History
  • Textbooks
  • Used Books
  • About Us
    • Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    • Directions
  • Contact Us
    • FAQ
2066 University Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704
Monday - Saturday: 12-4pm
​Sunday: Closed
  • Ethnic Studies
  • >
  • Palestine...it's something colonial

Palestine...it's something colonial

SKU: 9789074897815
$30.00
$30.00
Unavailable
per item

Author: Hatem Bazian

ISBN: 9789074897815 / 9074897819

Publisher: Amrit

Distributor: Eastwind Books of Berkeley

Format: Trade Paper, 327 pages 

Date of Publication: December 2016

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Google+
Add to Cart

BOOK LAUNCH: tHURSDAY, MARCH 09, 2017, 6:30PM
ETHNIC STUDIES LIBRARY, UC BERKELEY 
30 STEPHENS HALL
BERKELEY, CA 94720

RSVP

Picture
Professor Hatem Bazian (UC Berkeley) provides a decolonial analysis of the most pressing struggle in the world in an extensive study of the occupation of Palestine.

 Published by Amrit, the book’s subtitle is taken directly from the letter of Theoder Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, to Great Britain’s Minister of Colonies Cecil Rhodes that sought support for the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine.

  In 1902, Herzl wrote to Rhodes stating: “You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews… How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial.”

Palestine is the last settler colonial project to be commissioned in the late 19th early 20th centuries and still unfolding as we enter into the 21st Century with no end in sight.


In centering Palestine’s modern history around settler-colonial discourses, Hatem Bazian offers a    theoretical basis for understanding Palestine while avoiding the pitfalls of the internationally supported “peace process” that, on the one hand, affirms settler-colonial rights and, on the other hand, problematizes the colonialized and dispenses with the ramifications of the colonial project.
​

Excerpts from the book:
"A war to the end between Jews and Palestinians to resolve the current deadlock is not something to wish for or plan around. After the current wars in the region and the destruction that has been visited on Iraq, Syria and before that Afghanistan, the path that we need to take should not include war as an option. I come to this position not because of weakness of Palestinian resolve. . . but due to witnessing first hand the consequences that war has wrought on people in the region. 

"Are Jews and Palestinians that fundamentally different that they can't imagine themselves in a de-colonized state with equality for all and a country that belongs to all citizens who wish to live and prosper together? This does mean that a fundamental shift must occur in Israel and the desire to be exclusivist and remain a settler colonial society must come to an immediate end."

Publisher Information:
Amrit Publishers, previously known as the Dutch publishing house Uitgeverij Amrit, is a publisher with a social mission to provide a platform for the voices of communities of color. Voices that tell hidden stories of the past and envision tales for the future.

​Distributed by Eastwind Books of Berkeley
2066 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
email: eastwindbooks@gmail.com

Wholesale distribution to booksellers available. Contact: eastwindbooks@gmail.com

Want to stay updated on Eastwind events and special deals? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter so you never have to miss a thing! 

OUR SERVICES

Retail Bookseller
Book Promotions & Events
Institutional Sales
Special Orders
COMPANY

About Us
Contact Us
Directions
SUPPORT

International Orders
FAQ
Terms of Use
Copyright © 2014 ; 2066 University Avenue, Berkeley ; (510) 548-2350; eastwindbooks@gmail.com

We are closed for the following holidays: 
New Year's Day 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving Day, day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day, day after Christmas