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Informationen zum Autor Esther D. Reed is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of the Network for Religion in Public Life at the University of Exeter. Michael Dumper is Professor in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. Klappentext Leading scholars engage the false dichotomy whereby 'security' and basic liberties are set in opposition. Zusammenfassung Distinguished political philosophers! lawyers! scholars of international relations! social scientists and theologians explore why and how the protection of security and the promotion of human rights are better regarded as interrelated and complementary goals than as diametric alternatives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Security-Liberty Debate: 1. Safety and security Jeremy Waldron; 2. Escaping Hobbes: liberty and security for our democratic (not anti-terrorist) age Conor Gearty; 3. Secularism, religion as identity and respect for religion Tariq Modood; Part II. Impact on Society: The Management of Unease: 4. From cartoons to crucifixes: current controversies concerning the freedom of religion and the freedom of expression before the European Court of Human Rights Malcolm Evans; 5. Building a consensus on 'national security' in Britain: terrorism, human rights and 'core values' - the Labour Government (a retrospective examination) Derek McGhee; 6. Terror, reason and rights Eric Metcalfe; Part III. Religious Dimensions: 7. Religiously-rooted engagement in the relationship between human rights and security: a socio-anthropological approach Charlotte Alfred; 8. The elimination of mutilation and torture in Rabbinic thought and practice: a Jewish comment amidst the civil liberties, national security debate David Novak; 9. Narrating religious insecurity: Islamic-Western conceptions of mutual threat Abdelwahab El-Affendi; 10. Security and the State: a Christian Realist perspective on the world since 9/11 Robin Lovin.
