Tamar Meisels
Israeli political scientist
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Tamar Meisels (Hebrew: תמר מייזלס) is a Professor of Government and Policy in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, and a political theorist.[1][2][3][4]
Tamar Meisels | |
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תמר מייזלס | |
| Education | Tel Aviv University (B.A., L.L.B., and M.A.); Balliol College, Oxford University (Ph.D in Political Theory, 2000) |
| Occupations | Professor of Government and Policy; political theorist |
| Employer | Tel Aviv University |
| Notable work | The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press 2008) |
Biography
Her father, Andrew Meisels, is a descendant of the Meisels family and was a foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster. Her mother, Martha Meisels, was a consumer affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post.[5][6][7]
She earned a B.A., LL.B., and M.A. at Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Political Theory at Balliol College, Oxford University, in 2000.[8] She works on the political theory of territorial rights, liberal nationalism, and the philosophical questions surrounding war and terrorism.[9]
Meisels is known[citation needed] for advocating a consistent and strict definition of terrorism, which she defines as "the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population as a strategy designed to advance political ends."[10]
She has written on the complexities of applying international law to terrorists, who are neither soldiers nor civilians.[11]
Select works
Books
- Environmental Ethics of War (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
- Debating Targeted Killing: Counter-Terrorism or Extrajudicial Execution? (Oxford University Press, 2020, with Jeremy Waldron)
- Contemporary Just War: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2017)
- Territorial Rights (Springer Academic, 2009)
- The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Articles
- Meisels, Tamar (2009). "Defining terrorism – a typology". Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 12 (3): 331–351. doi:10.1080/13698230903127853. S2CID 144514338.
- Meisels, Tamar (2008). "Torture and the Problem of Dirty Hands". Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. 21: 149–173. doi:10.1017/S0841820900004367. S2CID 221021910.
- Meisels, Tamar (2007). "Combatants – Lawful and Unlawful". Law and Philosophy. 26: 31–65. doi:10.1007/s10982-005-5917-2. S2CID 51729101.
- Meisels, Tamar (2006). "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation". Terrorism and Political Violence. 18 (3): 465–483. doi:10.1080/09546550600752030. S2CID 143391009.
- Meisels, Tamar (2005). "How Terrorism Upsets Liberty". Political Studies. 53: 162–181. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00522.x. S2CID 143331719.
- Meisels, Tamar (2004). "Targeting Terror". Social Theory and Practice. 30 (3): 297–326. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract200430320.
- Meisels, Tamar (2003). "Can Corrective Justice Ground Claims to Territory?". Journal of Political Philosophy. 11: 65–88. doi:10.1111/1467-9760.00167.
- Meisels, Tamar (2003). "Liberal Nationalism and Territorial Rights". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 20: 31–43. doi:10.1111/1468-5930.00233.