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...same time, however, this manner of exposure can give us a superficial sense of the issues. It becomes all too easy to frame the question as one of "competing nationalisms"--a framework that neglects key issues and invites us to take a hands-off perspective devoid of any moral or ethical responsibility. To see the matter in a purely nationalist framework--Israelis and Palestinians engaged in territorial struggle solely for the sake of their nations--is to overlook normative judgments and a sense of right and wrong. Looking at the controversy from international legal and human rights perspectives sheds...
...observe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the outside must move beyond the framework of competing nationalisms. A consideration of Palestine on the basis of international law, United Nations resolutions and universal human rights reveals that the question is not one merely of legitimate warfare and national interest. Viewing Palestine outside the prism of nationalism unveils deep normative concerns and fundamental questions of justice...
Unsettlingly random in its own right, the blue streak of experience and memory that runs across the pages of this book is made downright disturbing by Harlan's refusal to anchor its happenings in the framework of an established hierarchy of truth and reality. In The Healing, bearded ladies and unicorn girls are endowed with as much credence as the subjects of her husband's anthropological research and Paul Simon's lyrics are as respectable a system for understanding the world as the logic Harlan learns at night school...
...figures asPaul Simon will certainly (and perhapsintentionally) attach an expiration date to thisnovel, Jones' knack for characterization and herstrong thematic motivation seem to promise anotherwork along the same lines, but with a greatersubtlety of design and characters whosimultaneously artfully forge their own identitiesand manage to operate more within the framework oftruths and values at the same time
...leader, F.D.R. picked an extraordinary team of generals and admirals. In partnership with Churchill, he presided over the vital strategic decisions. And also, in the footsteps of Wilson, he was determined that victory should produce a framework for lasting world peace...