Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-17
Books mentioned on The Disastrous Relationship Between Israel, Palestinians and the U.N.
Aai Shakir recommended Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law by Antony Anghie, Justice for Some by Noura Erakat, Worldmaking after Empire by Adom Getachew, and The Rise and Fall of Self-determination by Adom Getachew.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law
Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law by Antony Anghie is an influential scholarly study that investigates how European colonial expansion shaped the foundational doctrines and institutions of global legal systems.
Recommended“the first I would recommend is Anthony angi's imperialism sovereignty and the making of international law which retells the history of international law as well as the intellectual history of canonical European jurists by centering the colonial encounter as the structuring event that triggered the emergence of international law as we know it”
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Justice for Some
Justice for Some by Noura Erakat offers a comprehensive legal analysis of how international law has shaped and sustained the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the decades.
Recommended“I would also recommend nura erat's Justice for some law and the question of Palestine which provides a detailed and highly readable account of how international law first facilitated British colonial rule and then how it's been used by Israelis and Palestinians to organize on the one hand and resist on the other”
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Worldmaking after Empire
Worldmaking after Empire by Adom Getachew is a scholarly examination of anti-colonial thought and internationalism during the twentieth-century decolonization movement.
Recommended“I would also recommend Adam gachu world making after Empire the rise and fall of self-determination which returns to the era of decolonization to offer an account of how the principle of self-determination was differently understood by anti-colonial leaders and how that understanding had it prevailed might have yielded alternatives to Logics of partition Logics like the logic that underlies”
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The Rise and Fall of Self-determination
The Rise and Fall of Self-determination by Adom Getachew is a historical and political analysis focusing on the shifting definitions and fates of self-determination among anti-colonial leaders.
Recommended“I would also recommend Adam gachu world making after Empire the rise and fall of self-determination which returns to the era of decolonization to offer an account of how the principle of self-determination was differently understood by anti-colonial leaders and how that understanding had it prevailed might have yielded alternatives to Logics of partition Logics like the logic that underlies”
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