Human Rights As Politics and Idolatry |
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Author:
| Ignatieff, Michael |
Editor:
| Gutmann, Amy |
Commentaries by:
| Appiah, Kwame Anthony Hollinger, David A. Laqueur, Thomas W. Orentlicher, Diane F. |
Series title: | The University Center for Human Values Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-11474-3 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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Presents an account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. This work argues that human rights activists have rightly drawn criticism from Asia, the Islamic world, and within the West itself for being overambitious and unwilling to accept limits.
Presents an account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. This work argues that human rights activists have rightly drawn criticism from Asia, the Islamic world, and within the West itself for being overambitious and unwilling to accept limits.