War on Terror'

The Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Herausgeber: Miller, Chris

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Produktbeschreibung

The term 'War on Terror' (WOT) covers a mass of interlinked topics. Here an outstanding group of authors and academics dissect them from ethical, political, legal, economic and historical perspectives. Drawn from the world-famous Oxford Amnesty Lectures, the essays are substantial contributions to their fields and of abiding relevance. Here it is argued that members of active terrorist groups should be pre-emptively executed; that there is no provision for WOT in international law; that WOT is not cost-efficient; that war and terrorism can no longer be distinguished; and that the term 'terrorist' has been captured by a specific political constituency. The arguments of the celebrated contributors, from Ahdaf Soueif to Joanna Bourke, are confirmed or contradicted by their respondents, resulting in broad, scholarly coverage of the issues. The book concludes with a fatwa against terrorism. 'WOT' lies at the heart of current debate about immigration, multiculturalism and foreign policy. It is one of the determining debates in the politics of today. This volume will be of interest to students of politics, law and religion and to anyone concerned with current affairs. It covers the politics of the Middle East and the Iraq War, human rights in Islam and the West and the ethics of intervention. This is a powerful contribution to an urgent debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• 2006 edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780719079740
• ISBN-10: 0719079748
• Artikelnr.: 28115707

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