International Law, Necropolitics, and Arab Lives - The Legalization of Creative Chaos in Arabia

This book considers how international law constitutes Arab lives as dispensible.

List of contents

Introduction 1: Positivist Jurisprudence: The Secularization of Revealed Law in International Law 2: Naturalizing a Separation Between Law & Morality: Pre-emptive War as Just in Arabia 3: (Neo)-Orientalist Imaginaries & the "Arab Spring": Inclusive Exclusion as Ethos of International Law 4: Bethlehem Legal Principles & Operation Timber Sycamore: Legalizing Killing Arab Lives by Hiring War-Machines 5: The "Islamist Winter" and Necropolitics: The Displaced Arab as Muselmänner and the Coherence of Secular Modernity 6: Conclusion: Harmonizing Revelation with Reason: A Necessary Ontological Limit Structuring a Spiritual Epistemology

About the author

Khaled Al-Kassimi is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the American University in the Emirates (AUE).

Summary

This book considers how international law constitutes Arab lives as dispensible.

Product details

• Authors: Khaled Al-Kassimi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032307152
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230715-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, LAW / General, Philosophy, LAW / International, International Law, Middle East, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, General and world history, Social Law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Social law and Medical law