1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458642003321

Autore

Blum Gabriella

Titolo

Laws, outlaws, and terrorists [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the War on Terrorism / / Gabriella Blum and Philip B. Heymann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-89918-X

9786612899188

0-262-28920-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Belfer Center studies in international security

Altri autori (Persone)

HeymannPhilip B

Disciplina

363.325/15610973

Soggetti

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In an age of global terrorism, can the pursuit of security be reconciled with liberal democratic values and legal principles? During its "global war on terrorism," the Bush administration argued that the United States was in a new kind of conflict, one in which peacetime domestic law was irrelevant and international law inapplicable. From 2001 to 2009, the United States thus waged war on terrorism in a "no-law zone."

Gabriella Blum and Philip Heymann reject the argument that traditional American values embodied in domestic and international law can be ignored in any sustainable effort to keep the United States safe from terrorism. In Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists, they demonstrate that the costs are great and the benefits slight from separating security and the rule of law.

Blum and Heymann argue that the harsh measures employed by the Bush administration were authorized too broadly, resulted in too much harm, and often proved to be counterproductive for security. Blum and Heymann recognize that a severe terrorist attack might justify changing



the balance between law and security, but they call for reasoned judgment instead of a wholesale abandonment of American values. They also argue that being open to negotiations and seeking to win the moral support of the communities from which the terrorists emerge are noncoercive strategies that must be included in any future efforts to reduce terrorism."--Pub. desc.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996237243403316

Autore

Papantoniou Giorgos

Titolo

Religion and social transformations in Cyprus : from the Cypriot basileis to the Hellenistic strategos / / by Giorgos Papantoniou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-85417-1

90-04-23380-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (632 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, , 0169-8958 ; ; v. 347

Disciplina

292.00939

292.009393709014

Soggetti

Religion and politics - Cyprus

Religion and sociology - Cyprus

Archaeology and religion - Cyprus

Iron age - Cyprus

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism

RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology

Cyprus Antiquities

Cyprus Civilization

Mediterranean Region Civilization Greek influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- ‘Setting the Scene’: Historical Narratives, Theoretical Considerations and a Methodology for Interpretation -- Sacred Landscapes -- Case Studies: Change and Variation -- Cypriot ‘Portraits’ -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix



1. Landscapes -- Appendix 2. ‘Portraits’ -- Bibliography -- Figures -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph focuses on religion to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent. It approaches politico-religious ideological responses and structures of symbolism through the study of sacred landscapes, specific iconographic elements, and archaeological contexts and architecture, as well as through textual and epigraphic evidence. A fresh approach to the transition is put forward, connecting the island more emphatically with its longue durée. Moving beyond the field of Cypriot studies, this work also serves as a paradigm for the study of religion in relation to social power in other fields of classics and, in particular, for the enrolment of other areas of the Mediterranean into the political and cultural Hellenistic oikoumene.