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Informationen zum Autor Chris Miller is a freelance critic, translator and editor and a founding member of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures Klappentext This book covers the many topics of `the war on terror' from legal, philosophical, economic and historical perspectives. The dialogue form of the book (essay-response) allows a broad representation of views, covering the situation in the Middle East, national security, politics of intervention, human rights, torture and the motives of the Iraq War. Zusammenfassung This book covers the many topics of `the war on terror' from legal! philosophical! economic and historical perspectives. The dialogue form of the book (essay-response) allows a broad representation of views! covering the situation in the Middle East! national security! politics of intervention! human rights! torture and the motives of the Iraq War. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNotes on contributorsIntroduction: some notes on `terror' - Chris Miller1. The function of narrative in the 'war on terror' - Ahdaf Soueif1a. Response to Ahdaf Soueif - Elleke Boehmer2. Terrorism, war and international law - 2a. Michael Byers2a. Response to Michael Byers - Dino Kritsiotis3. Human rights in an age of counter-terrorism - Conor Gearty3a. Response to Conor Gearty - Sandra Fredman4. Terrorism: reflections on harming the innocent - Thomas Pogge4a. Response to Thomas Pogge - David Miller5. War/terror/politics - Bat-Ami Bar On5a. Response to Bat-Ami Bar On - Thomas Dublin6. War, terrorism and the 'war on terror' - Jeff McMahan6a. Response to Jeff McMahan - David Rodin7. Islamic law, human rights and neo-colonialism - Khaled Abou El Fadl7a. Response to Khaled Abou El Fadl - Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti and Dr H. A. Hellyer8. The threshold of the human: sexual violence and trauma in the war on terror - Joanna Bourke8a. Response to Joanna Bourke - Avner Offer9. Defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians- Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akitii. Taqriz/Introduction - Shaykh Gibril F. Haddadii. Fatwa - Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akitiiii. Select bibliography - Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akitiiv. Glossary of Arabic terms - Shaykh Gibril F. HaddadIndex...
