By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the excesses of modernity, particularly those associated with the modern nation-state, or as an adjunct of globalization, with its attendant goal of constructing a universal civilization based on neoliberal economic principles and individual liberty.
| ISBN: | 9781349341573 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 2012 |
| Author: | Kenneth A Loparo |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 193 pages |
| Genres: |
International institutions Human rights, civil rights Development studies Political science and theory |