Analysing the Israel Effect in Canada

A Critical AutoEthnography

Peter Eglin

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Routledge
21 May 2024

Communication studies; Media studies; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology; Digital lifestyle

What is the life of a Palestinian worth to intellectuals in Canadian universities and news media? Analyzing the Israel Effect documents and analyzes the discursive and organizational methods by which public criticism of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians is silenced in Canada, as experienced through ten episodes in the life of the author over a thirty-year period from 1990-2020 in interaction with his university and local and national Canadian news media.

As a sociological work the book is a critical autoethnography. But it is also an atrocity tale, a horror story of institutional self-censorship amounting to the abrogation of intellectual responsibility by those specifically charged with upholding it. In the end, the book is a crossover between academic treatise and journalistic exposé, “a historical narrative written by an academic from the standpoint of a political participant-observer” (Rajan Philips). The Israel Effect itself is analyzed as a three-tier propaganda industry. Hasbara is produced in Israel (Tier 1), disseminated to Israel Lobby groups around the world (Tier 2) and independently re-produced, actively and passively, by the “intellectual” institutions – universities and news media (Tier 3). This book is about the non-Jewish, non-Zionist institutions of Tier 3, the onlookers to war crimes, ethnic cleansing and, arguably, genocide, as in Gaza in October-November 2023.

This work stands as a compelling testament to the importance of preserving freedom of expression, and the vital role intellectuals play in challenging injustice and promoting transparency. It is ideal for scholars, activists, and anyone seeking to understand the complexities of political activism and the power dynamics behind public discourse.

By: Peter Eglin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9781032678351
ISBN 10: 1032678356
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 21 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements. Some Important Dates. Introduction: The Problem. PART ONE: THE NEWS MEDIA. Foreword: Yves Engler. Chapter 1: Photo Propaganda. Chapter 2: A Deluge of Flak. Chapter 3: Anatomy of Monstrousness. Chapter 4: Concision Before Vision. Chapter 5: Circling the Wagons. Chapter 6: Head Banging. PART TWO: THE UNIVERSITY. Foreword: Professor Omar Ramahi. Chapter 7: A Threat to Public Safety. Chapter 8: The Holocaust Card. Chapter 9: Nefarious Harassment. Chapter 10: Politically Pornographic Pictures. Chapter 11: The Fall of the University. Conclusion: Resistance. Notes. References.

Peter Eglin is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. He has been Humboldt Research Fellow at the Universität Konstanz and Visiting Research Associate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Wolfson College, Oxford. As a visiting professor he has taught at the University of Toronto, Northumbria University and Bangor University. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. He has contributed chapters to the Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights (2013), the Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture (2015) and The Global Citizenship Nexus: Critical Studies (2020) that he also co-edited. He wrote extensively with Stephen Hester, including the monograph The Montreal Massacre (2003) and the textbook A Sociology of Crime (second edition, 2017).

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Analysing the Israel Effect in Canada

A Critical AutoEthnography

Peter Eglin

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