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If I Am Not for Myself
Confessions of an Anti-Zionist Jew
MIKE MARQUSEE
Verso, 2008
A thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be Jewish in the twenty-first century.
Marqusee traces his upbringing in 1960s Jewish-American suburbia, his anti-war and pro-Palestinian activism and his life as a Jew among Muslims in Pakistan, Morocco and Britain. Arguing for a richer, more multi-dimensional understanding of Jewish history and identity, he reclaims vital political and personal space for those castigated as ‘self-haters’ by the Jewish establishment.
MIKE MARQUSEE is a contributor to A Time to Speak Out and the author of Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties.
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Praise for If I Am Not For Myself
“A rare and precious work… If Jewish adolescents got Marqusee’s book as a barmitzvah present, there might be a chance of avoiding the repetition of history’s mistakes.” The Independent
“A tour-de-force of political and cultural analysis of various aspects of Jewish, Zionist and anti-Zionist history and politics… A manifesto for a whole generation of Jewish radical activists who refuse to be deterred by the threat of being labelled, and libelled, as self-haters.” The Guardian
“Erudite and well-argued… he should be lauded for this provocative and timely book, which throws up a host of important questions.” Times Literary Supplement
