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Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq: A Feminist Reformulation of Just War Theory
Laura Sjoberg
3.0 AVERAGE
1 review for:
Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq: A Feminist Reformulation of Just War Theory
Laura Sjoberg
3.0 AVERAGE
I chose this primarily for its response to Jean Elshtain's Just War on Terror. That response is rather buried in a larger framing of just war theory, the wars in Iraq, feminist IR... which I probably would have appreciated more if I hadn't already done a bit of research on those topics. Although I agreed with most of Sjoberg's criticisms of Elshtain's argument, she didn't really convince me like Elshtain (almost) did. I did appreciate that Sjoberg framed Elsthain's response to 9/11 in terms of her (Elshtain's) previous work, and therefore, the surprise her position garnered amongst the feminist/liberal academic community.
The hypothetical dialogue between the traditional policy makers and a feminist empathetic voice (pgs. 216-221) is one of the most helpful parts of this book. Not only is it funny, it also presents Sjoberg's argument better than in pretty much any other part of the work.
The hypothetical dialogue between the traditional policy makers and a feminist empathetic voice (pgs. 216-221) is one of the most helpful parts of this book. Not only is it funny, it also presents Sjoberg's argument better than in pretty much any other part of the work.