| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 155 pages) |
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| Contents |
Preface -- 1. On the genealogy of morals -- 2. The suprising origins of human dignity -- 3. Spectacular wrongs: on humanitarian intervention -- 4. Of deserts and promised lands: on international courts -- 5. Human rights in history -- 6. The intersection with Holocaust memory -- 7. Torture and taboo -- 8. Soft sells: on liberal internationalism -- Epilogue: The future of human rights. |
| Summary |
Where did human rights come from' This question, rarely asked before the end of the Cold War, has in recent years become a major focus of historical and ideological strife. In a series of reflective and critical essays, Samuel Moyn engages with some of the leading theorists of human rights, who have been creating a field from scratch without due reflection on the local and temporary contexts of their narratives. Having staked out his owns claims about the postwar origins of human rights discourse in his acclaimed The Last Utopia, Moyn's new volume takes issue with his intellectual opponents'including, especially, those seeking justification for humanitarian intervention. |
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Explores the perspectives of leading theorists of human rights, building on the postwar human rights discourse in the author's "The Last Utopia" to challenge intellectual views about humanitarian intervention. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Philosophy.
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Political science.
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Political science. |
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Menschenrecht. |
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung. |
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Moyn, Samuel. Human rights and the uses of history London : Verso, 2014 9781781682630 (NjBwBT)bl2014024761 (OCoLC)858956307 |
| ISBN |
9781781682647 : $74.95 |
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178168264X : $74.95 |
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