In Defense of Academic Boycotts.

BOYCOTTS; CORRUPTION; PUBLIC demonstrations; ISRAELIS; NUSSBAUM, Martha Craven, 1947-; ACTIVISM; SOCIAL movements; EDUCATION; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

The author reflects on the article by Martha Nussbaum entitled "Against Academic Boycotts," which focuses on the academic protests particularly the boycotts of Israeli academia. He disagrees on Nussbaum's point of view that Israeli's academic boycotts lack justification. He believes that academic boycotts are an appropriate and effective way of nonviolent resistance. However, boycotts can only be effective as part of a systematic campaign to protest institutions engaged in harmful practices.