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Podcast: New Books in Israel Studies
Episode: On Zionism and the Left: A Discussion with Author and Cultural Critic Susie Linfield
Description: âHow has it come to this? How has âZionistââŚbecome the dirtiest word to the international Left?â Susie Linfield poses that ripe question at the outset of her book, The Lionsâ Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky (Yale University Press, 2019). In the podcast, our discussion focuses on three prominent figures examined in The Lionsâ Den: Isaac Deutscher, I.F. Stone, and Fred Halliday. And we explore present-day sentiments about Zionism among the Left amid the Gaza-Israel conflict. Whatâs needed in thinking about Zionism and about Israel, Linfield asserts in the conclusion to her provocative and time...