War on terror'

The Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Herausgeber: Miller, Chris

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Produktbeschreibung

This book covers the many topics of `the war on terror' from legal, philosophical, economic and historical perspectives. The dialogue form of the book (essay-response) allows a broad representation of views, covering the situation in the Middle East, national security, politics of intervention, human rights, torture and the motives of the Iraq War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780719079757
• ISBN-10: 0719079756
• Artikelnr.: 27353574

Autorenporträt

Chris Miller is a freelance critic, translator and editor and a founding member of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Notes on contributors Introduction: some notes on `terror'
Chris Miller 1. The function of narrative in the 'war on terror'
Ahdaf Soueif 1a. Response to Ahdaf Soueif
Elleke Boehmer 2. Terrorism, war and international law
2a. Michael Byers 2a. Response to Michael Byers
Dino Kritsiotis 3. Human rights in an age of counter
terrorism
Conor Gearty 3a. Response to Conor Gearty
Sandra Fredman 4. Terrorism: reflections on harming the innocent
Thomas Pogge 4a. Response to Thomas Pogge
David Miller 5. War/terror/politics
Bat
Ami Bar On 5a. Response to Bat
Ami Bar On
Thomas Dublin 6. War, terrorism and the 'war on terror'
Jeff McMahan 6a. Response to Jeff McMahan
David Rodin 7. Islamic law, human rights and neo
colonialism
Khaled Abou El Fadl 7a. Response to Khaled Abou El Fadl
Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al
Akiti and Dr H. A. Hellyer 8. The threshold of the human: sexual violence and trauma in the war on terror
Joanna Bourke 8a. Response to Joanna Bourke
Avner Offer 9. Defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians
Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al
Akiti i. Taqriz/Introduction
Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad ii. Fatwa
Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al
Akiti iii. Select bibliography
Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al
Akiti iv. Glossary of Arabic terms
Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad Index