Summary
Palestinian thinker whose analysis of Palestinian politics — accommodation, then rejection, then the politics of revolution and hope after June 1967 — The Question of Palestine presents as the best overview of the Palestinian segments together.
Details
- Abu-Lughod is described by Said as one of the clearest Palestinian thinkers; his recent analysis is presented as the best overview of how the disparate parts of the Palestinians’ history and development can be considered together (The Question of Palestine, PDF p.161 / printed p.140).
- In that analysis, as summarized and quoted by Said: after 1948 exiles and remnant adopted a politics of accommodation; in the fifties they engaged in a politics of rejection (for the remnant, the Usrat al-Ard enterprise); the shock of the June War of 1967 ushered in the politics of revolution and hope, eventually embodied in the Palestine Liberation Organization and its program (The Question of Palestine, PDF p.161-162 / printed p.140-141).
- Said adds a third segment to the two Abu-Lughod mentions: the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories (The Question of Palestine, PDF p.162 / printed p.141).
Related pages
The Question of Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization, Usrat al-Ard