Synopses & Reviews
This extraordinary book brings together the thoughts of 15 pre-eminent philosophers on one of the most important political and cultural crises of our time. As we begin to realize the extent to which terrorism and the Israel/Palestine conflict—and the ways in which we handle them—are likely to determine the shaping of the West of the future, this short and accessible book introduces all the key issues from a philosophical perspective. Introduced by Stephen Law, Israel, Palestine and Terror presents a powerful and provocative overview of a hugely topical debate. It presents a whole range of political and philosophical views and perspectives to illuminate this contentious issue. Contributors include such leading figures as Noam Chomsky and Ted Honderich.
Synopsis
This extraordinary book brings together the thoughts of 15 pre-eminent philosophers on one of the most important political and cultural crises of our time.
As we begin to realize the extent to which terrorism and the Israel/Palestine conflict—and the ways in which we handle them—are likely to determine the shaping of the West of the future, this short and accessible book introduces all the key issues from a philosophical perspective. Introduced by Stephen Law, Israel, Palestine and Terror presents a powerful and provocative overview of a hugely topical debate. It presents a whole range of political and philosophical views and perspectives to illuminate this contentious issue.
Contributors include such leading figures as Noam Chomsky and Ted Honderich.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Stephen Law (Heythrop College, UK)1. Terrorisms in Palestine - Ted Honderich (UCL, UK)2. Terror, Tomis Kapitan (University of Northern Illinois, USA)3. The Morality of Palestinian Terrorism, Timothy Shanahan (Loyola Marymont University, USA)4. Killing the Innocent, Richard Norman (University of Kent, UK) 5. Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Igor Primoratz (University of Melbourne, Australia)6. Terrorism and Justice: Some Useful Truisms, Noam Chomsky (MIT, USA)7. Terror in Palestine: A Non-Violent Alternative?, Stephen Law (Heythrop College, UK)8. Casting the First Stone: Who Can, and Who Can't, Condemn the Terrorists, Gerald Cohen (University of Oxford, UK) 9. Murder and Morality: Professor Honderich on Israel and the Palestinians, Ardon Lyon (City University, UK) 10. Terror and Expected Collateral Damage: The Case for Moral Equivalence, Michael Neumann (Trent University, Canada)11. In a World of Uneasy Virtue, William L. McBride (Purdue University, USA)12. Talk and Terror: The Value of Just-War Arguments in the Context of Terror, Patrick Riordan (Heythrop College, UK)13. Territory and Terrorism in Israel, Tamar Meisels (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)14. Cosmopolitanism in a Time of Terror, Sharon Anderson-Gold (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) 15. Tricks of Memory: Auschwitz and the Question of Palestiniam Terrorism, Brian Klug (University of Oxford, UK)Postscript, Ted Honderich (UCL, UK)