Palestinian Hamas Vision, Violence, and Coexistence

Name: Palestinian Hamas Vision, Violence, and Coexistence
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ISBN: 9780231140072

ISBN-10: 023114007X

ISBN-13: 9780231140072

Edition: 2006

Authors: Shaul Mishal, Avraham Sela

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Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) has long been associated in the public mind with terror and violence. In this critical book, two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, providing extensive community services and responding to political realities through bargaining and power brokering. The authors lift the veil on Hamas's strategic decision-making methods at each of the crucial crossroads it has confronted: the Intifada and the struggle with the PLO, the Oslo accords and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority, and the choice between absolute jihad against Israel and the option of controlled violence. Now…

Book details

Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.82" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Shaul Mishal is professor in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and director of the Institute for Israeli Arab Studies.Avraham Sela is professor of Middle Eastern studies in the Department of International Relations and research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Question of the Animal



Metaphysical Anthropocentrism: Heidegger



Facing the Other Animal: Levinas



Jamming the Anthropological Machine: Agamben



The Passion of the Animal: Derrida


Notes


Index