Philosophical perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Tomis Kapitan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapitan, Tomis, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish-Arab relations.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Moral and ethical aspects.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government.

Palestinian Arabs.

Self-determination, National--Palestine.

Self-determination, National.

Human rights--Israel.

Human rights.

Israel.

Physical Description:

x, 382 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1997]

Summary:

This volume addresses a number of philosophical problems that arise in consideration of the century-old conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs. Consisting of essays by fifteen contributors (including both Israeli and Palestinian philosophers) and a lengthy introduction by the editor, it deals with rights to land, sovereignity, self-determination, the existence and legitimacy of states, cultural prejudice, national identity, intercommunal violence, and religious intransigence.

Contents:

Nationalism and Prejudice Rights to Territory

The Principle of Self-Determination

The Palestine Mandate

The Debatge at the United Nations

Partition, Independence, Catastrophe

The Existence and Legitimacy of States

Expansion

Resistance, Retaliation, Representations

The Intifada

Religious Claims

Tolerance, Compromise, Tragedy

1 The Right to National elf-Determination / Yael Tamir

2 Formulating the Right of National Self-Determination / Muhammad Ali Khalidi

3 The Moral Status of Israel / Alan B. Gewirth

4 State Terrorism and Its Sponsors / Robert Ashmore

5 Jus in Bello and the Intifada / Daniel Statman

6 Targeting Children: Rights Vs Realpolitik / James A. Graff

7 Land, Property, and Occupation: A Question of Political Philosophy / Erin McKenna

8 Personal and National Identiy: A Tale of Two Wills / Sari Nusseibeh

9 The State of Palestine: The Question of Existence / Jerome M. Segal

10 The Ethical Dimension of the Jewish-Arab Conflict / Manfred Vogel

11 Philosophical Reflections on Religious Claims and Religious Intransigence in Relation to the Conflict / David B. Burrell, C.S.C.

12 In Search of the Emperor's New Clothes: Reflections on Rights in the Palestine Conflict / Hugh R. Harcourt

13 Beyond Justice and Rights: Competing Israeli and Palastinian Claims / Robert L. Holmes

14 Zionism, Liberalism, and the State / Milton Fisk

15 Tragic Justice|Lynne Belaief.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-355) and index.

ISBN:

1563248778

1563248786

OCLC:

35620399