Essays on Human Rights – serie
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Vulnerability and Human Rights
Häftad, 2006
407 kr
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The mass violence of the twentieth century’s two world wars—followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing—has led to a heightened awareness of human beings’ vulnerability and the precarious nature of …
Dialectics, Dogmas, and Dissent
Stories from East German Victims of Human Rights Abuse
Av John Rodden
Häftad, 2010
524 kr
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Germany underwent two periods of dictatorial repression in the twentieth century, first under Hitler and the Nazis in the late 1930s and early 1940s and then under the communist German Democratic Republic from 1945 until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. The abuses of human rights under the Nazis are …
Humanitarianism and Modern Culture
Av Keith Tester
Häftad, 2010
498 kr
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It seems paradoxical that in the West the predominant mode of expressing concern about suffering in the Third World comes through participation in various forms of popular culture—such as buying tickets to a rock concert like Live Aid in 1985—rather than through political action based on expert …
Can Globalization Promote Human Rights?
Häftad, 2010
436 kr
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Globalization has affected everyone’s lives, and the reactions to it have been mixed. Legal scholars and political scientists tend to emphasize its harmful aspects, while economists tend to emphasize its benefits. Those concerned about human rights have more often been among the critics than among …
Human Rights and Memory
Av Daniel Levy, Natan Sznaider
Häftad, 2010
436 kr
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Memories of historical events like the Holocaust have played a key role in the internationalization of human rights. Their importance lies in their ability to bridge the universal and the particular—the universality of human values and the particularity of memories rooted in local human …
Humanitarianism and Modern Culture
Av Keith Tester
Inbunden, 2010
773 kr
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Humanitarianism and Modern Culture is a timely and fascinating book which cuts across reportage of pop literary references to illuminate our understanding of the role of popular culture in shaping humanitarian discourse. --Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law …
Human Rights and Memory
Av Daniel Levy, Natan Sznaider
Inbunden, 2010
773 kr
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Memories of historical events like the Holocaust have played a key role in the internationalization of human rights. Their importance lies in their ability to bridge the universal and the particular—the universality of human values and the particularity of memories rooted in local human …
