Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry
(Part of the The University Center for Human Values Series Series)
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Book Overview
Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, this revolution has brought the world moral progress and broken the nation-state's monopoly on the conduct of international affairs. But it has also faced challenges...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691114749
ISBN13:9780691114743
Release Date:February 2003
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Ignatieff offers a measured, limited, and explicitly political, i.e., dialogic, nondogmatic, nonmetaphysical, pragmatic, approach to human rights advocacy and questions of international jurisdiction. Excellent, compelling, convincing. I can't say I'm entirely convinced, mind you. One surprise is that I found Appiah's essay--I am a great admirer of Appiah and, in my estimation, his reply to Taylor in _Multiculturalism: The Politics of Recognition_ is among the finest essays ever written--unconvincing, particularly with regards to the question of "rights and majorities." On this, see Jeremy Waldron's _Law and Disagreement_.
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