Quotes by Shlomo Sand

About Shlomo Sand:

Shlomo Sand is an Israeli emeritus professor of history at Tel Aviv University, known to the general public for his best-selling book The Invention of the Jewish People. He lives in Ramat Aviv Gimmel.
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The construction of a new body of knowledge always bears direct connection to the ideology in which it operates. Historical insights that diverge from the narrative laid down at the inception of the nation can be accepted only when consternation abou...

Shlomo Sand

If certain Jewish communities had distinctive qualities, they were due to history, not biology.

Shlomo Sand

Dans chaque démocratie libérale s'est élaboré un imaginaire de citoyenneté au sein duquel la projection dans l'avenir est devenue plus significative que le poids du passé. Cet imaginaire s'est traduit par des normes juridiques, et a même pén�...

Shlomo Sand

Behind every act in Israel's identity politics stretches, like a long black shadow, the idea of an eternal power and race.

Shlomo Sand

Author Bio

  • NameShlomo Sand
  • DescriptionIsraeli historian
  • BornSeptember 10, 1946
  • CountryIsrael
  • ProfessionHistorian; Writer