Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 409 g
Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 409 g
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9116-9
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
'With large questions of right and wrong, there is a division of labour. So, with the attack on three subway trains and a bus in London on July 7, 2005. 'Of what moral relevance, if any, was the fact that the British army had been engaged in the killing of greatly more of a people with whom the terrorists identified?
'Of what relevance, as a newspaper article asked a week later, was the fact that the British prime minister put his own people at risk in the service of a foreign power?' So begins Ted Honderich's intelligent and thoughtful analysis in Terrorism and Humanity. What Honderich says will doubtless cause a great deal of controversy too (his last book on this subject was initially banned in Germany on the grounds it was anti-Semitic, only to be re-published by a Jewish press). However, his views will also be acceptable to a great many Jews (he puts forward arguments to justify the founding of Israel and its secure perpetual existence).
Looking in detail at the situation in Palestine, 9/11, the war in Iraq and the events of 7/7, Ted Honderich offers neither a sensationalist rant nor an academic treatise. Instead Terrorism and Humanity provides a thoughtful and perceptive exploration of the biggest issue facing the western world today.
