2024/06/01 by Talal Asad · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
paper · doi:10.1353/hum.2024.a953058
openalex publication_date 2024/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Abstract: In the remarks that follow I focus on a few of the ways language is used to describe the violence unleashed by Israel on the Palestinians since 7 October 2023 – with special reference to the university student protests against it. But I also want to speculate on what can be called “the seduction of power,” something to which not only humans in general but victims in particular are liable. Power generates language which in turn often encourages and justifies cruelty.