Imagining Israel: Social Representations among Argentine Jews

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62174/psocial.11159

Keywords:

Social representations, Immigrants, Israel, Argentina.

Abstract

This study examines social representations of Israel and the Law of Return among Argentine Jews who migrated to Israel. Through in-depth interviews, it explores pre-migration imaginaries and their transformation after settlement. Findings reveal a tension between ideological and technical representations of the Law of Return, closely linked to migration motivations and processes of identity reconstruction.

Author Biography

  • Ivan Federico Basewicz Rojana, University of Buenos Aires
    Doctorando en Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y en Ciencia Política por la Université Paris 8. Docente en la Licenciatura en Sociología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires

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Moscovici, S. (2000). Social representations: Explorations in social psychology. Polity Press.

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Published

2026-05-07

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2

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Dossier

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