Li ơav Orgad

In this sophisticated and timely book, Orgad (Interdisciplinary Center, Israel) poses a significant challenge to prevailing liberal theories of the state and immigration by arguing for a majoritarian, cultural defense of global migration. While writing from within the liberal tradition, Orgad argues that contemporary liberalism provides solutions that only exacerbate current domestic and international tensions. The amalgamation of lenient immigration policies and the retention of national cultures is the gravamen of the work. For the author, “managing global migration” denotes one of the greatest challenges to liberal theory (p. 49). The first half of the book is devoted to an analysis of the current international immigration situation, with an emphasis on the extraordinary nature of the issue in contemporary society and politics. Accordingly, the dynamic and ever-changing dimensions of global migration, especially between majority and minority groups, require scholars of international relations and political theory to envision new solutions. Religious, cultural, and political methods for confronting public hysteria related to immigration are presented with great clarity. The second half of the tome serves as a guide for differentiating between “justifiable and unjustifiable” defenses of the liberal state.… (meer)