How many times did we hear the phrase, “they hate us for our freedoms” in the aftermath of September 11th and the Iraq War? Terrorists are terrorists, it is argued, because they hate something innate in the modern liberal democracies. They hate t-shirts, internet pornography and pension plans. Don’t forget mini-skirts.
The very same argument has [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Palestine’
January 5, 2009
the irrational “other” in Palestine
January 5, 2009
Palestine as the nexus of history
On the heels of the latest Israeli assault on Gaza, it may be instructive to examine how history repeats itself. This is especially true when it comes to empire and imperialism. While the Christian story, for example, speaks to the brutal injustice of the Roman Empire, it also channels the subjugation of the Jewish people [...]
