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Philip Bobbitt has 2 past events. (show) Discussion and Book Signing Philip Bobbitt Philip Bobbitt reads from Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century. Harvard Book Store is pleased to welcome Columbia University professor PHILIP BOBBITT as he brings together historical, legal, and strategic analyses to understand the idea of a “war on terror.” In Terror and Consent, Bobbitt declares that the United States is the chief cause of global networked terrorism because of overwhelming American strategic dominance. This is not a matter for blame, he insists, but grounds for reflection on basic issues. We have defined the problem of winning the fight against terror in a way that makes the situation virtually impossible to resolve. We need to change our ideas about terrorism, war, and even victory itself.
Bobbitt argues that the United States has ignored the role of law in devising its strategy, with fateful consequences, and has failed to reform law in light of the changed strategic context. Along the way he introduces new ideas and concepts—Parmenides’ Fallacy, the Connectivity Paradox, the market state, and the function of terror as a by-product of globalization—to help us prepare for what may be a decades-long conflict of which the battle against al Qaeda is only the first instance. (ablachly)… (more)
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