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She locates this in "otherisation", a universal way of thinking that separates "us" from
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2009
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A reviewer of Bevan's book, Abe Hayeem, (an architect and member of Architects & Planners for Justice) wrote on 3 February 2006: "Israel's 'otherisation' of the Palestinians by the building of the Separation Barrier, while destroying thousands of houses, trees and farms, and creating what are in effect vast prison enclaves, has ironic echoes of the ghettos that European Jews experienced."
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For Taylor, otherisation is a process grounded in basic human emotions, our bias towards pleasure and avoidance of pain.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2009
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