Charles Hirschkind

Charles Hirschkind is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His publications include The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics (Columbia UP, 2006) and The Feeling of History: Islam, Romanticism, and Andalusia (Chicago UP, 2020).

Anti-intellectualism

Zionism, Anti-Palestinianism, and the Fall of Harvard’s Claudine Gay

Charles Hirschkind

Berkeley, CA (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Much of the media conversation about the recent resignation of Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, has (rightfully) framed her abrupt removal in the context of the current right-wing assault on liberal education and, particularly, its targeting of the policies and practices designed to promote racial equality on US […]

Israel/ Palestine

Charles Kendal Hirschkind sings “Palestine is Burning.”

Charles Hirschkind

Charles Kendal Hirschkind, “Palestine is Burning.” For writings on Israeli assault on Gaza by Charles Hirschkind, see: The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children . Informed Comment. Palestine Forgotten. Informed Comment. “Exterminate the Brutes.” . Mondoweiss. To support BDS, click here.

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The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

Charles Hirschkind

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – According to our most reliable news sources, the children of Gaza are being slaughtered at a horrific rate. No, you will not find the terms “slaughter” or “horrific” in Western media accounts of Israel’s current assault on the Palestinians residents of Gaza (these terms are reserved for […]

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Palestine Forgotten

Charles Hirschkind

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During the last decade, Israel had come close to achieving what for many of its citizens had been a longstanding aspiration: the ability to forget the Palestinians. Thus, during the massive protests of recent months against the juridical reforms proposed by the Netanyahu administration, and against the […]