Samson Blinded A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict edition by Obadiah Shoher Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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Samson Blinded A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict, by Obadiah Shoher, abandons moralizing and ideological hubris to view Israeli-Arab struggle in terms of raw realpolitik. Terrorism is historically normal mode of war. Israel must respect terrorists as efficient warriors. Nuclear terrorism is unavoidable, and it may hit America before Israel. We must learn to tolerate and mitigate its damages. Shoher makes the case that only by shedding liberal idealism the West can win against Islamists. Espousing political rationalism, he deplores both Jewish and Muslim myths, and argues for efficiency and separating politics from moralism.
Samson Blinded A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict edition by Obadiah Shoher Politics Social Sciences eBooks
The book is interesting. That does not mean I agree with everything written there, mind you.The title is somewhat deceptive - the book has nothing to do with "Machiavellism". This word has derogatory connotations and means dishonest and unscrupulous dealing in politics, sort of "the ends justify the means"; whereas the principles of governance postulated by Machiavelli were based on pure reason, political expediency and realism and free of any ideological mold. Including this one, "Machiavellian".
The author of this book strives to bring "Machiavellian perspective" in the context of realpolitik of the Middle East. His opinions on variety of issues are based on reason and analysis of the situation and not ideological cliches, "leftist", "rightist", liberal, conservative etc. While everyone interested has his/her own opinion on Middle-Eastern matters, that does not make this book any less shrewd than it is.
I give this book 4 stars and not 5 because it doesn't have a coherent narrative; rather, it's an assortment of thoughts on various aspects of politico-economic landscape of the Middle East, produced by an extremely bright intellect.
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Samson Blinded A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict edition by Obadiah Shoher Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
The author weaves an objective, matter-of-fact and bottom line exploration of the realities which confront Israel in its conflict with the surrounding hostile states and "Palestinians", as well as the moral and geopolitical implications relative to history and posterity in the modern world. What more effective and appropriate point of intellectual focus and perspective for this study could he have chosen than Niccolo Machiavelli?
In the context of this approach the author lays an efficient foundation, explaining that "Niccolo Machiavelli affirmed that two ways lead most directly to peace destroy a people's will to fight by either utter goodness or by utter cruelty..." He explores the nature of the various player's will to fight within their unique context of principles, as well as to bear and inflict suffering. Then he postulates the dilemma (of the modern world), that "the desire for peaceful coexistence runs aground on two problems. First, it accommodates evil alongside merely diverse views... The distinction between justice and mercy blurs in nonexistence. Second, the desire for accommodation is hypocritical..."
If you are not already a committed partisan, as an enemy, or siding with the enemies of Israel, then there is much here to further widen your scope of circumstantial understanding and fundamental perspective. If you are such a committed partisan, reading this book is an honest opportunity to come to grips with the essential and universal intellectual issues intrinsic to the conflict beyond culturally ideological and theological inculcation. Everyone interested in the mideast conflict can grow by reading this book.
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The book is very much to the point. Always logical even if it counters you sensibilities and past ideas.
Unfortunately I doubt that these ideas would be followed by the Israeli government.
No doubt though that if they were so followed much prolonged pain and suffering would be resolved much sooner.
Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict by Shoher is summing up what decent, normal people the world over already know Israel has the right to exist in peace and therefore, must defend itself. Israel's paradoxical position amid Islamic nations whose values for honesty, decency and life are nowhere near that of its own places it in a peculiar position. Israel, besides being a modern nation, is western in its culture and values and its progressive existence can only be envied by nations endowed by much larger land-mass, greater population, and natural resources. Living in the neighborhood they do, it is impossible to play 'righteous,' when the hoodlums on your block (and some who are even further away,) constantly wish to harm you. Shoher presents logical as well as historical facts to back his position and makes a good argument for justice.
The book is interesting. That does not mean I agree with everything written there, mind you.
The title is somewhat deceptive - the book has nothing to do with "Machiavellism". This word has derogatory connotations and means dishonest and unscrupulous dealing in politics, sort of "the ends justify the means"; whereas the principles of governance postulated by Machiavelli were based on pure reason, political expediency and realism and free of any ideological mold. Including this one, "Machiavellian".
The author of this book strives to bring "Machiavellian perspective" in the context of realpolitik of the Middle East. His opinions on variety of issues are based on reason and analysis of the situation and not ideological cliches, "leftist", "rightist", liberal, conservative etc. While everyone interested has his/her own opinion on Middle-Eastern matters, that does not make this book any less shrewd than it is.
I give this book 4 stars and not 5 because it doesn't have a coherent narrative; rather, it's an assortment of thoughts on various aspects of politico-economic landscape of the Middle East, produced by an extremely bright intellect.
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