Comparative Case Study – Israel and Iran – The Intersection of Politics and Identity

  1. Read the attached comparative case study on Israel and Iran. Write an essay that answers 4 of the questions below. The essay should be at least 500 words. 

    1. Predict how national identity, including national symbols, might change in Iran if it became more secular.
    2. Choose one of the focus countries from this chapter and explain whether you think religious identity there is seen as primordial or constructivist.
    3. Describe how class traits differ between generations. In other words, think of the class markers for your parents’ generation compared to your own.
    4. How does your class identity inform your political views?
    5. Explain how having a nation is necessary, but not sufficient, to have a national identity.
    6. Describe the difference between primordialism and constructivism as they relate to religious identity.
    7. Which one of the four ‘B’s most applies to you? Do you maybe believe but not belong? Or do you behave but not necessarily believe?
    8. Israel and Iran are starkly different countries. Why study two states that are so different?



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