Table of Contents

I: Identity, Ideology, and History.- 1: Political and literary answers to some “Jewish Questions”: Proust, Joyce, Freud, and Herzl.- 2: The Temporal Emblematics of Belonging: Position and Validity in Israeli Political Discourse.- 3: Towards a Critical Analysis of Israeli Political Culture.- 4: On Marginal People: The Case of the Palestinians in Israel.- 5: Unconscious defense mechanisms and social mechanisms used in national and political conflicts.- 6: Contentious Origins: Psychoanalytic Comments on the Debate over Israel’s Creation.- II: Psychoanalytic Treatment in Historical and Political Context.- 7: Psychoanalysis moves to Palestine: Immigration, integration, and reception.- 8. Beyond analytic anonymity: On the political involvement of psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in Israel.- 9: Unavoidable Links and Violable Links: Israelis and Palestinians in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training.- Epilogue: Looking Forward.