About this title: These essays by Ignatieff address difficult questions about the human rights movement's motives, assumptions, record, and rhetoric. Four scholars--K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher--comment and Ignatieff responds.
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691114743ISBN:0691114749
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780691088938ISBN:0691088934
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780691088938ISBN:0691088934
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003-01-27
ISBN-13:9780691114743ISBN:0691114749
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691088938ISBN:0691088934
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780691114743ISBN:0691114749
Description: New. "These essays make a splendid book. Ignatieff's lectures are engaging and vigorous; they also combine some rather striking ideas with savvy perceptions about actual domestic and international politics. They spark lively and distinctive discussion amo... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691114743ISBN:0691114749
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"Two essay/lectures by Ignatieff on the theme of when, whether, and how "rights language" and human rights institutions can be effective wthin the confines of a systm of state sovereignty. Although David Rieff has criticised Ignatieff elsewhere for being far too sanguine about the effect of human rights law, Ignatieff here strikes a very realistic and limited tone about what's actually possible. He makes a couple of very clear points: human rights law still requires states to put it into effect, and human rights language is not a trump argument. Ignatieff argues that we must be willing to see that rights claims can and will conflict, and that human rights institutions may need to become more and not less political in order to balance competing claims and mobilise global support."
"Ignatieff does a good job of judiciously summarizing the most pressing challenges facing those who seek to further the establishment of an international human rights regime. A disciple of Isaiah Berlin, Ignatieff draws on Berlin's famous lecture "Two Concepts of Liberty" to argue for a human rights movement that better operates within the constraints of the Westphalian system.
Because the book is based on the Tanner lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton in 2000, his prescriptions for reform are rendered in broad strokes. It would have been interesting to include commentaries from folks not so closely aligned with the author's views."
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