Domesticating Human Rights A Reappraisal of their Cultural-Political Critiques and their Imperialistic Use /

This book develops a philosophical conception of human rights that responds satisfactorily to the challenges raised by cultural and political critics of human rights, who contend that the contemporary human rights movement is promoting an imperialist ideology, and that the humanitarian intervention...

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Main Author: Ingiyimbere, Fidèle. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, 4
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57621-3
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