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The least of all possible evils : humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza / Eyal Weizman.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: JA79 .W38 2011

Overview

Summary: The principle of the lesser evil--the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice--has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. From its roots in classical ethics and Christian theology, to Hannah Arendt's exploration of the work of the Jewish Councils during the Nazi regime, the author explores its development in three key transformations of the problem: the defining intervention of Medecins Sans Frontisres in mid-1980s in Ethiopia; the separation wall in Israel-Palestine; and international and human rights law in Bosnia, Gaza and Iraq. Drawing on a wealth of new research, the author charts the latest manifestation of this age-old idea. In doing so he shows how military and political intervention acquired a new humanitarian acceptability and legality in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.--Publisher description.
Variant Title: Humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Weizman, Eyal.
Published: London ; New York : Verso, 2011
Contents: The humanitarian present
Arendt in Ethiopia
The best of all possible walls
Forensic architecture : only the criminal can solve the crime
Epilogue : the destruction of destruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

The humanitarian present -- Arendt in Ethiopia -- The best of all possible walls -- Forensic architecture : only the criminal can solve the crime -- Epilogue : the destruction of destruction.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 9781844676477
1844676471
Physical Description: viii, 196 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Political ethics. Political violence--Moral and ethical aspects. Multinational armed forces--Moral and ethical aspects. International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

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