| From the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Contributor(s): Gordon, Neve (Editor), Balibar, Étienne (Contribution by), Feldman, Andreas E. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739108786 ISBN-13: 9780739108789 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $55.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: In From the Margins of Globalization, Neve Gordon assembles work from leading intellectuals and activists in the field of human rights. Each essay in this volume discusses a community or issue left adrift in the wake of global capitalism. Whether it's Mohammad Khatami writing on the United Nations and its role after 9/11 or ftienne Balibar thinking through universalism, racism, and sexism this book comprises a core challenge to human rights by focusing on what lies beyond the margins of a world in constant flux. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - History | Essays - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 323 |
| LCCN: 2004006993 |
| Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.08" W x 8.67" (1.14 lbs) 339 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Either you are with us or you are with the Terrorists ' President Bush exclaimed in a joint session of Congress ten days after the September 11 attacks. Even though the war on terrorism and the discourse surrounding it were ostensibly unleashed to protect freedom and enhance democracy, they have actually empowered authoritarian elements of state power and relegated human rights to the margins of the political arena. InFrom the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights, Neve Gordon assembles work of leading intellectuals and rights activists from around the globe. While highlighting the importance of human rights, each essay in this volume also encourages a critical perspective, stretching, as it were, the conception of human rights beyond its current borders. Whether it's Iranian premier, Mohammad Khatami, writing on the clash of civilizations, Ytienne Balibar thinking through universalism, racism, and sexism, or Ruchama Marton discussing the relation between human rights and psychiatry, this book comprises a challenge to some of the dominant worldviews circulating in the west. Anyone studying human rights or globalization in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, political science, political theory, economy and sociology should have a copy of this volume. |