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020    9781844676477
020    1844676471
035    (OCoLC)ocn786123249
035    (OCoLC)786123249 |z(OCoLC)601108200
035    236669
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050  4 JA79 |b.W38 2011
100 1  Weizman, Eyal.
245 14 The least of all possible evils : |bhumanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza / |cEyal Weizman.
246 30 Humanitarian violence from Arendt to Gaza
264  1 London ;New York : |bVerso, |c2011.
300    viii, 196 pages : |bcolor illustrations ; |c22 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  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.
520    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.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Political ethics.
650  0 Political violence |xMoral and ethical aspects.
650  0 Multinational armed forces |xMoral and ethical aspects.
650  0 International relations |xMoral and ethical aspects.
994    C0 |bLHM
852 0   |bstacks |hJA79 |i.W38 2011