Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. A tight and unmarked copy-" 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. Ignatieff 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. It is now time, he writes, for activists to embrace a more modest agenda and to reestablish the balance between the rights of states and the rights of citizens. Ignatieff begins by examining the politics of human rights, assessing when it is appropriate to use the fact of human rights abuse to justify intervention in other countries. He then explores the ideas that underpin human rights, warning that human rights must not become an idolatry. In the spirit of Isaiah Berlin, he argues that human rights can command universal assent only if they are designed to protect and enhance the capacity of individuals to lead the lives they wish. By embracing this approach and recognizing that state sovereignty is the best guarantee against chaos, Ignatieff concludes, Western nations will have a better chance of extending the real progress of the past fifty years. Throughout, Ignatieff balances idealism with a sure sense of practical reality earned from his years of travel in zones of war and political turmoil around the globe. Based on the Tanner Lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2000, the book includes two chapters by Ignatieff, an introduction by Amy Gutmann, comments by four leading scholars--K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher--and a response by Ignatieff. Review: Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry may raise some hackles for its controversial approach to a sacrosanct subject, but Michael Ignatieff's arguments are carefully wrought and compassionate. Ignatieff is director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, and his work is part history of the evolution of human rights in international politics and part caution that it not become a new religion. He writes, "We need to stop thinking of human rights as trumps and begin thinking of them as a language that creates the basis for deliberation."-moderate edge wear.
Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton Univ Pr, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press 2003-02-16, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0691114749 ISBN 13: 9780691114743
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0691088934 ISBN 13: 9780691088938
Librería: London Bridge Books, London, Reino Unido
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Publicado por Princeton University Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0691088934 ISBN 13: 9780691088938
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