Diasporic Security and Jewish Identity

Baron, Ilan Zvi

doi:10.1080/14725886.2013.824231

Diasporic Security and Jewish Identity

Baron, Ilan Zvi

Authors

Professor Ilan Baron ilan.baron@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between identity and security through an investigation into Jewish diasporic identity. The paper argues that the convention of treating identity as an objective referent of security is problematic, as the Jewish diaspora experience demonstrates. The paper presents a new way of conceptualizing identity and security by introducing the concept of diasporic security. Diasporic security reflects the geographical experience of being a member of a trans-state community, of having a fluid identity that is shaped by sometimes contradictory discourses emanating from a community that resides both at home and abroad. In introducing the concept of diasporic security, the paper makes use of literature in Diaspora Studies, Security Studies, recent works in contemporary political theory and sociology, and Woody Allen's film, Deconstructing Harry (1997).

Citation

Baron, I. Z. (2014). Diasporic Security and Jewish Identity. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 13(2), 292-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725886.2013.824231

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 10, 2013
Online Publication Date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication Date	May 4, 2014
Deposit Date	May 28, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Oct 16, 2014
Journal	Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Print ISSN	1472-5886
Electronic ISSN	1472-5894
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	13
Issue	2
Pages	292-309
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/14725886.2013.824231

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Modern Jewish Studies on 27/03/2014, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14725886.2013.824231.