02112nam a22002417a 4500 BJBSDDR 20260709120816.0 ta 260709s2024 enk||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781804299678 2024945013 eng BJBSDDR eng F249 2024 Fassin, Didier. 18687 Moral Abdication : how the world failed to stop the destruction of gaza Didier Fassin, Gregory Elliott. London : Verso, 2024 122 pages 18 cm Western governments and elites have supported the destruction of Gaza, silencing the Palestinians and those who speak on their behalf. Providing a record of the first six months of the war waged by the Israeli army after the 7 October attacks and drawing on a rich range of international sources, Didier Fassin examines how most Western governments have acquiesced in and often contributed to the destruction, by the Israeli army, of Gaza, its homes, infrastructures, hospitals, institutions of education, and civilian population. To justify their support and prevent criticism, they have provided an official version of the events, adopting the Israeli narrative. It was largely taken up by mainstream media, which ignored the experiences and perspectives of Palestinians. Dissenting voices were silenced. A policing of language and thought was imposed. Censorship and self-censorship became normalized. To call for a ceasefire or to demand the respect of humanitarian law was enough to prompt the ever-ready accusation of antisemitism. Exploring the multiple dimensions of the extreme inequality of lives between the two sides of the conflict and analyzing the complex geopolitical, economic and ideological stakes that underlie it, Fassin intends to constitute an archive of this moral abdication. In his view, the abandonment of the values and principles proclaimed by Western elites to be foundational will leave a deep scar in the history of the world Elliott, Gregory, 1960- 5510 lcc 0 BK cmc 127686 127686 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2026-07-09 0 F249 2024 00000201460 2026-07-09 12:08:43 1 2026-07-09 BK