Edward Said on the Prospects of Peace in Palestine and Israel

Zusatztext To come Informationen zum Autor John Randolph LeBlanc is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Tyler, USA, where he teaches political philosophy and public law. He is author of Ethics and Creativity in the Political Thought of Simone Weil and Albert Camus (2004) and co-author, with Carolyn M. Jones Medine, of Ancient and Modern Religion and Politics: Negotiating Transitive Spaces and Hybrid Identities (2012). Klappentext John Randolph LeBlanc examines the political oeuvre of critic and activist Edward Said and finds that Said preferred "reconciliation" to segregation in Palestine/Israel. LeBlanc argues that Said's criticism speaks to the importance of negotiating the troubling! proximate! and unsettling presence of our most perplexing others. Zusammenfassung John Randolph LeBlanc examines the political oeuvre of critic and activist Edward Said and finds that Said preferred "reconciliation" to segregation in Palestine/Israel. LeBlanc argues that Said's criticism speaks to the importance of negotiating the troubling, proximate, and unsettling presence of our most perplexing others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Democratic Aspirations, Democratic Ambiguities 2. Unsettling Attachments and Unsettled Places 3. Separation and the 'Exile as Potentate' 4. The 'Exile as Traveler': Exodus and Reconciliation 5. Articulating Presence, Narrating Detachment

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Introduction 1. Democratic Aspirations, Democratic Ambiguities 2. Unsettling Attachments and Unsettled Places 3. Separation and the 'Exile as Potentate' 4. The 'Exile as Traveler': Exodus and Reconciliation 5. Articulating Presence, Narrating Detachment

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• Authors: J LeBlanc, J. LeBlanc
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2013
• EAN: 9781349435647
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43564-7
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Peace, Conflict Studies, Political Science, Political Philosophy, International Relations, Middle East, Political Theory, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Middle East—Politics and government, Middle Eastern Politics, Peace and Conflict Studies, Israel;Peace;Segregation