Anthropology and the MidEast Crisis
There’s surely something to offend every political sensibility in a provocative essay, “Let the Palestinians Have Their State,” just published by Liel Leibovitz in The Tablet. But for that reason, it’s worth reading. Equal-opportunity-offender essays are bold enough to propose solutions that–dare I say?–might just be viable, if all those who are offended actually considered their proposals.
Anthropology teaches us that we remain comfortable in our preconceived assumptions and prejudices at our peril. Why not imply the insight to the mess that is the MidEast?
