Not so simple: Reflections on the academic boycott of Israel

Uri Hadar ~ RP 125 (May/Jun 2004), pp. 13–16 ~ Commentary

In the culture in which I was brought up, in the language that mediated this culture, ʻboycottʼ had a distinctly negative connotation. It has usually been associated with a moralistic punishment directed towards an individual or a group that has transgressed a norm without, perhaps, actually breaking the law. Admittedly, boycott was opposed to the […]

Israel/Palestine and the paradoxes of academic freedom

Judith Butler ~ RP 135 (Jan/Feb 2006), pp. 8–17 ~ Article

In the last few years, two separate debates on academic freedom have emerged in the United States, and both of them have Israel/Palestine at their centre. The ﬁrst has to do with arguments against the academic boycott of Israeli institutions on grounds of academic freedom, and the second has to do with the new Academic […]