In this essay, I argue that contemporary Israeli literature possesses a more “advanced” historical imaginary than that of contemporary “post-post-Zionist” Israeli historiography, and I relate this gap to the neoliberalization of the Israeli economy. I begin by arguing that contemporary literature’s historical imaginary marks a departure from its 80s and 90s postmodern predecessors. I show that this departure is evident in contemporary Israeli literature’s explicit recognition of an inability to relate subjective experience to larger history. This recognition constitutes a dialectical overcoming of Israeli postmodernism’s playful dismantling of the national historical narrative. I then argue that Israeli “postpost-Zionist” historiography constitutes an entry into a postmodern phase, in contrast to literature’s departure from postmodernism. Thus, I argue that literature seems to be “ahead” of historiography, in terms of each field’s temporal imagination. I conclude this essay by suggesting that one can explain this gap by taking into account the effects of Israeli neoliberalization on each field. While state–supported and owned print industry and presses were privatized early in Israel, the privatization of higher education started later, and is still taking place. I thus suggest that the reason literature seems “ahead” of academic work is a result of the stronger and more immediate coupling of literary institutions with the capitalist market than the more mediated relation between the capitalist market and the academy. Oded Nir, "Israeli Literature and the Time of ‘post-post-Zionism’" page 2 of 12 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 21.2 (2019): Thematic Issue Materiality and the Time of the Present in Israeli Culture. Ed. Oded Nir and Ari Ofengenden

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以色列文学与“后后犹太复国主义”时代

在本文中，我认为当代以色列文学比当代以色列“后后犹太复国主义”历史学具有更“先进”的历史想象力，并且我将这种差距与以色列经济的新自由化联系起来。首先，我认为当代文学的历史想象力标志着其80年代和90年代的后现代前辈的背离。我表明，这种偏离在当代以色列文学明确承认无法将主观经验与更广泛的历史联系起来时是明显的。这种认识构成了以色列后现代主义对国家历史叙事的顽皮拆解的辩证性克服。然后，我认为以色列的“后犹太复国主义者”史学构成了进入后现代阶段的起点，这与文学从后现代主义的背离形成了鲜明对比。从而，我认为，就每个领域的时间想象而言，文学似乎是史学的“未来”。在结束本文时，我建议人们可以通过考虑以色列新自由化对每个领域的影响来解释这一差距。在以色列早期，国家支持和拥有的印刷工业和印刷机被私有化时，高等教育的私有化则在后来开始，并且仍在进行。因此，我认为，文学在学术工作中“领先”的原因是文学机构与资本主义市场之间更牢固，更直接的联系的结果，而不是资本主义市场与学术界之间更为中介的关系。奥德尼尔（Oded Nir），“以色列文学与'后后犹太复国主义'的时代”，第12页，共12页CLCWeb：比较文学与文化21.2（2019）：主题问题的实质性和以色列文化的时代。埃德 奥德·尼尔（Oded Nir）和阿里·奥芬根登（Ari Ofengenden）