Reynolds, John
(2016)
Disrupting civility: amateur intellectuals,
international lawyers and TWAIL as praxis.
Third World Quarterly, 37 (11).
pp. 2098-2118.
ISSN 0143-6597
Abstract
This paper is a reflection on the role of intellectuals in engaging with
Palestinian solidarity movements and liberation discourses, and on
the place of international lawyers specifically within that context.
The paper considers ‘the question of Palestine’ as a rigorous test
for intellectuals in the Global North today, and examines particular
debates over free speech, civility and balance that unfolded in the
wake of Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza. It considers the interventions of
international lawyers in these debates with reference to Edward Said’s
‘amateur’ and ‘professional’ intellectuals, and explores ways in which
anti-colonial international lawyers (as amateur intellectuals) can
transcend prevailing professional orthodoxies to deploy language,
arguments or tactics that rupture liberal legal processes and narratives
on Palestine.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Palestine; Israel; civility; academic freedom; international law; praxis; TWAIL; colonialism; Edward Said; Steven Salaita; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
11738 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1197038 |
| Depositing User: |
John Reynolds
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Nov 2019 13:58 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Third World Quarterly |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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