Ethics & International Affairs articles from December 2004

Ethics & International Affairs archives from December 2004

Whose sovereignty? Empire versus international law.
December 1, 2004... Let me begin, by juxtaposing two facts: The worlds sole superpower has invaded and occupied Iraq. Carl Schmitt's Nomos der Erde has just been translated into English, or I should say American. (1) Is this mere coincidence? Are not the questions...

Interim imposition.
December 1, 2004... [MacArthur] said that he had issued no orders or directives, and that he had limited himself merely to suggestions.... He stated that it was his belief, that it was his conviction, that a constitution, no matter how good, no matter how well...

Occupation as liberation: international humanitarian law and regime change.
December 1, 2004... He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state, and wishes to have it accepted and capable of maintaining itself to the satisfaction of everybody, must at least retain the semblance of the old forms; so that it may seem to the...

Toward establishing a universal basic health norm.
December 1, 2004... Vast improvements in human health have been made during the past century. Indeed, gains in increased life expectancy and reduced physical impediments for much of the population were greater than in any previous century. Yet the gains were not...

Reflections on journalism in the transition to democracy.(Report From South Africa)
December 1, 2004... New democracies pose a particular challenge for journalists. They are vulnerable and sometimes shaky. One wants them to work and, therefore, one is seeking to define not just what constitutes high-quality and interesting journalism but also how...

The politics of conceptualizing Islam and the West.
December 1, 2004... What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, Bernard Lewis (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 208 pp., $23 cloth, $12.95 paper. Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies, Ian Buruma and...

Empire versus multitude: place your bets.
December 1, 2004... Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri (New York: Penguin, 2004), 427 pp., $27.95 cloth, $16 paper. Negri on Negri, Antonio Negri and Anne Dufourmantelle, trans. M. B. DeBevoise (New York:...

Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust, Ira Katznelson (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), 208 pp., $29 cloth, $17.50 paper. Civilization is threatened by a radical...

Shattered Voices: Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Shattered Voices: Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions, Teresa Godwin Phelps (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004), 180 pp., $39-95 cloth. The court of law shares much with theater. This idea is elaborated...

In the Shadow of "Just Wars": Violence, Politics and Humanitarian Action.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... In the Shadow of "Just Wars": Violence, Politics and Humanitarian Action, Fabrice Weissman, ed. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press), 400 pp., $52.50 cloth; $23.95 paper. The debate on the nature of war and conflict and the ways in...

The President of Good and Evil: the Ethics of George W. Bush.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush, Peter Singer (New York: Plume, 2004), 302 pages, $24.95 cloth; $14 paper. The literature on President George W. Bush's purported deceptions has reached a point where an anthology...