The Last Resistance

“A breathtakingly refined textual analysis sustains a passionate, ethical and political engagement in the ongoing Near East crisis. This alone makes her a model of what a public intellectual should be.” —Slavoj Žižek“Jacqueline Rose has written what can only be called a masterpiece of scholarship and thought … a work of stunning insight and moral courage. Destined to become a standard in the field, it will have a profound and lasting impact.” —Sara Roy, Harvard University “In The Last Resistance, Jacqueline Rose uses her knowledge of literature, psychoanalysis, and politics to brilliantly illuminating effect … Stimulating and thought-provoking, it deserves to be read widely.” —Avi Shlaim, University of Oxford “It takes a fierce shell of courage to speak out, as Jacqueline Rose does here … She is a fine, original scholar.” —Peter Preston, Observer “A passionate celebration of Jewish thought and writing … an original, innovative survey of some of the deeper dynamics at play within Zionism.” —Tribune “Explores the power of writing to create and transform our political lives.” —Ham and High “Deeply absorbing.” —Times Literary Supplement “Hard-hitting.” —Independent