Quicksand: Israel, the Intifada, and the Rise of Political Evil in Democracies - Hardcover

Haim Gordon (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870133640 ISBN 13: 9780870133640

Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 1995

Synopsis

In this thoroughly researched, carefully argued work, Haim Gordon explores the existence and employment of what he calls "evil" as a political tool. First, he identifies attitudes and deeds that "help to sustain a stupid secrecy about evil." Second, he illustrates how democratic societies, Israel among them, support and encourage the existence of such practices. Finally, he suggests ways that individuals and groups can counter this kind of activity. Throughout Quicksand, Gordon demonstrates his own personal commitment, his passion for justice, and his rage against the increasingly widespread forms of political evil that can be found in most democracies. He understands this book to be one means of inspiring, enlightening, and empowering those who struggle to retain human values and humane sensibilities in our increasingly violent, impersonal world.

About this title

Synopsis

Gordon (education, Ben-Gurion U.) recounts his personal involvement in protecting Palestinians' human rights in Israel in the late 1980s, and ponders the question of political evil and brutality in modern democracies. Basing his philosophical thought on existentialist and political philosophy, with excursions into ancient philosophy, he demonstrate

About the Author

Haim Gordon is senior lecturer in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Edition details

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870133640
• ISBN 13: 9780870133640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260