Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue xi
5. Part I: Friendship and Ideology
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1: The Case of Fraternal Friendship 3
8. Chapter 2: Re’ut: Friendship in Zionist Ideology 14
9. Part II: Friendship in Everyday Life
10. Introduction 27
11. Chapter 3: History and Destiny: Friendship Narratives 29
12. Chapter 4: Two Styles of Sharing: The Hevreman and the Intellectual 57
13. Chapter 5: Public Intimacy and the Miscommunication of Desire 73
14. Part III: Sacred Friendship
15. Introduction 95
16. Chapter 6: David, Jonathan, and Other Soldiers: The Hegemonic Script for Male Bonding 98
17. Chapter 7: “Shalom, haver”: Commemoration as Desire 120
18. Discussion: Nationalism, Friendship, and Commemorative Desire 143
19. Appendix I: Studying a National Emotion 152
20. Appendix II: Table of Interviewees 161
21. Bibliography 163
22. INDEX 173