Eyal Weizman: The Least of All Possible Evils

Cover: 9781786632739 | The Least of All Possible Evils | Eyal Weizman | Taschenbuch | 2017

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Beschreibung

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, Weizman explores its development in three key transformations of the problem: the defining intervention of Médecins Sans Frontières in mid-1980s 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, Weizman 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.

Über den Autor

Eyal Weizman is Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he directs the Centre for Research Architecture and the European Research Council funded project Forensic Architecture. He is also a founder member of the collective Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR) in Bethlehem, Palestine. He is the author of Hollow Land and co-editor of A Civilian Occupation. He lives in London.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781786632739
ISBN-10:	178663273X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Weizman, Eyal
Hersteller:	Verso Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	208 x 139 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Eyal Weizman
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.10.2017
Gewicht:	0,393 kg