Paradigm Lost argues that negotiations for a two-state solution between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River are doomed and counterproductive. Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs can enjoy the democracy they deserve but only after decades of struggle amid the unintended but powerful consequences of today's one-state reality.
Ian S. Lustick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and holds the Bess W. Heyman Chair. He is author of numerous books, including Trapped in the War on Terror, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
"This concise and powerfully argued volume by a leading scholar of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is notable both as a diagnostic
tool for understanding the contemporary political reality of Arab
and Jewish inequality under Israeli sovereignty, and as a plea for
thinking outside the reigning paradigm of partition that has
governed assumptions of any joint political future."
*Journal of Modern Jewish Studies*
"Ian Lustick is arguably the foremost scholar of Israeli society
and politics in the US . . . There is no question that Paradigm
Lost is a path-breaking book."
*Israel Studies Review*
"Lustick's well-written and carefully researched new volume stands
poised to become an important intervention in the literature on
Israel/Palestine . . . Paradigm Lost covers a lot of ground in five
punchy chapters and makes a powerful case for recognizing a
one-state reality, as well as encouraging readers to begin to
consider the value of equality and rights for all."
*Journal of Palestine Studies*
"Ian Lustick has written a richly informed and persuasive account
of how the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians has
become the seemingly dead-end tragedy it is today. This book
provides an especially insightful analysis of why Israeli attitudes
toward this issue evolved as they did. It is essential reading for
anyone concerned about this conflict and hungry for new ways to
think about it."
*Paul R. Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for the Near
East and South Asia*
"This important new book by one of the country's most thoughtful,
insightful, and engaged students of Israel and its conflict with
the Palestinians is at once both provocative and persuasive. The
book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the
path that brought Israel to the situation it faces today-and of
what is likely to come next. Meticulously researched and
convincingly argued, Paradigm Lost is a must-read for all who are
interested in, and care about, Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict."
*Mark Tessler, University of Michigan*
"Paradigm Lost is an important addition to our understanding of the
failure of the Two States Solution. It unpacks how the Iron Wall
mentality came to dominate Israeli politics and hindered any
serious attempt to reach peace with the Palestinians.mIt is a must
read for every Israeli and American interested in going beyond the
present impasse."
*Leila Farsakh, University of Massachusetts*
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