Tolerance Is a Wasteland
How the vocabulary of tolerance and coexistence can do political work its plain meaning conceals.
A literary critic examines how the language of tolerance, coexistence and environmental stewardship functions in Israeli public discourse, arguing that these terms can do political work that their plain meanings conceal. It is close reading applied to political rhetoric, and the method matters as much as the conclusion: he takes the words seriously enough to test them.
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