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War on terror' : The Oxford Amnesty Lectures

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 contribu...

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Autor principal: Miller, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 'War on terror'; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: some notes on 'terror': Chris Miller; 1. The function of narrative in the 'war on terror': Ahdaf Soueif; Response to Ahdaf Soueif: Elleke Boehmer; 2. Terrorism, war and international law: Michael Byers; Response to Michael Byers: Dino Kritsiotis; 3. Human rights in an age of counter-terrorism: Conor Gearty; Response to Conor Gearty: Sandra Fredman; 4. Terrorism: reflections on harming the innocent: Thomas Pogge; Response to Thomas Pogge: David Miller.
  • 5. War/terror/politics: Bat-Ami Bar OnResponse to Bat-Ami Bar On: Thomas Dublin; 6. War, terrorism and the 'war on terror': Jeff McMahan; Response to Jeff McMahan: David Rodin; 7. Islamic law, human rights and neo-colonialism: Khaled Abou El Fadl; Response to Khaled Abou El Fadl: Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti and Dr. H.A. Hellyer; 8. The threshold of the human: sexual violence andtrauma in the 'war on terror': Joanna Bourke; Response to Joanna Bourke: Avner Offer; 9 Defending the transgressed by censuring the recklessagainst the killing of civilians: Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti.
  • I Introduction and TaqrCT
  • Shaykh Gibril F. HaddadII Fatwa
  • Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti; III Select bibliography
  • Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti; IV Glossary of Arabic terms
  • Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad; Index.