Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 23:13:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: HAB: Habermas and Kosovo


Eduardo:

Belated thanks for the Habermas article reference. I read it today
and was pleasantly surprised by his perspective, with which I agree.
I don't recall what was considered objectionable by whomever on this
list. I think it's a very wise view.

Gary

--- Eduardo Mendieta <mendietae-AT-usfca.edu> wrote:
> There is a new book with an essay by Habermas that caused much
> debate and,
> some might even say consternation:
> 
> Jrgen Habermas, "Bestiality and Humanity: A War on the Border
> Between Law
> and Morality" in William Joseph Buckley, ed., __Kosovo: Contending
> Voices
> on Balkan Interventions__(Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B.
> Eerdmans
> Publishing Company, 2000), 306-16.
> 
> The essay has been revised, and annotated by the editor with the
> help and
> approval of Habermas
> 
> The book is very impressive, with about fifty essays, from all
> sorts of
> people, including Kissinger, Milosevic, Havel, Elshtain, Kaplan,
> etc.
> 
> 
> Eduardo Mendieta
> Assistant Professor
> Philosophy Department
> University of San Francisco
> 2130 Fulton Street
> San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
> 
> Tel: (415) 422-6313
> Fax: (415) 422-2346
> 
> 
> 
> 
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