Tamar Meisels
| Tamar Meisels | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University (B.A., L.L.B., and M.A.); Balliol College, Oxford University (Ph.D in Political Theory, 2000) |
| Occupation | Professor of Government and Policy; political theorist |
| Employer | Tel Aviv University |
| Notable work | The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press 2008) |
Tamar Meisels is a Professor of Government and Policy in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, and a political theorist.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
She is the daughter of Andrew Meisels, who was a foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster, and Martha Meisels, a consumer affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post.[5][6][7]
She earned a B.A., L.L.B., and M.A. at Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D in Political Theory at Balliol College, Oxford University, in 2000.[8] She works on the political theory of territorial rights, liberal nationalism, and the philosophical questions surrounding war and terrorism.[9]
Meisels is known for advocating a consistent and strict definition of terrorism, which she defines as "the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population as a strategy designed to advance political ends."[10]
She has written on the complexities of applying international law to terrorists, who are neither soldiers nor civilians.[11]
Select works
Books
- Territorial Rights (2009)
- The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- "Historical Rights" to Land (1999)
Articles
- "Defining Terrorism–A Typology", Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2009, pp. 331–51
- "Torture and the Problem of Dirty Hands", 21 Can. J. L. & Jurisprudence 149, 2008
- "Combatants–Lawful and Unlawful", Law and Philosophy, Volume 26, Number 1, pp. 31–65 (2007)
- "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation", Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2006, pp. 465–83
- "How Terrorism Upsets Liberty", Political Studies, Volume 53, Issue 1, pp. 162–81, March 2005
- "Targeting Terror", Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 30, 2004
- "Can Corrective Justice Ground Claims to Territory?", Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 65–88, March 2003
- "Liberal Nationalism and Territorial Rights", Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 31–43, January 2003
References
- ↑ Avery Plaw (2008). Targeting terrorists: a license to kill?. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ Daniel A. Bell, Avner De-Shalit (2003). Forms of justice: critical perspectives on David Miller's political philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ Mark Bevir (2010). Encyclopedia of Political Theory. SAGE. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism–a Refutation". Terrorism and Political Violence. September 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ Bushinsky, Jay (April 16, 1997). "Andrew Meisels dies at 64". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ "'Post' columnist Martha Meisels dies at 57". The Jerusalem Post. July 26, 1995. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F26F030D50E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Hubert J. Cloke (June 30, 2010). "Faculty". Bulletin.georgetown.edu. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Do Israeli jails prepare prisoners for peace?", Josh Spiro, Jewish Post
- ↑ "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation", Tamar Meisels, Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2006, pp. 465–83
- ↑ "Targeted Killing", Alia Brahimi, Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, February 10, 2009