This article analyses two case studies from the Israeli education system that demonstrate how religious themes and language are used in service of populist politics. First, ‘Being Citizens in Israel’ is the standard high school civics textbook that underwent a major revision in 2015. The second case study focuses on new school programmes that focus on the rebuilding of the Third Jewish temple, and the inclusion of references to the Third Temple in other school subject curricula. Both cases were analysed using Brubaker’s terminology, specifically highlighting elements of majoritarinism, anti‐institutionalism and protectionism that are especially relevant to the Israeli case. The majoritarian and protectionist elements are dominant within these cases, and convey a set of transcendental ideals in the name of an imagined collectivity that is conceived as superior, sacred, pure, with a historic mission in a manner that antagonises minorities, liberal sensibilities and democratic principles. The anti‐institutionalism element is not explicitly present, yet an implicit contextual presence is discussed.

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以色列民粹主义教育的合法化：宗教的作用

本文分析了来自以色列教育系统的两个案例研究，这些案例研究说明了如何在民粹主义政治中使用宗教主题和语言。首先，“成为以色列公民”是标准的高中公民教科书，于2015年进行了重大修订。第二个案例研究的重点是新学校计划，重点是重建第三座犹太圣殿，并包括对其他学校的第三门神庙课程。使用布鲁贝克的术语对这两个案例进行了分析，特别是强调了与以色列案例特别相关的专制主义，反制度主义和保护主义的要素。在这些情况下，多数派和保护主义分子占主导地位，并以想象中的集体的名义传达一系列先验的理想，这些集体被认为是优越，神圣，纯正的，其历史使命是与少数群体，自由感性和民主原则相抗衡。没有明确存在反制度主义因素，但是讨论了隐含的上下文存在。