Human Rights and Empire: The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism 0415427592, 9780415427593

Erudite and timely, this book is a key contribution to the renewal of radical theory and politics. Addressing the parado

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Human Rights and Empire: The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism
0415427592, 9780415427593

This book describes the potential and challenges of cosmopolitanism from a philosophical and historical point of view. T

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This collection of essays charts the question of how we might develop a democratic theory of international law. Characte

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The notion of “human rights” is widely used in political and moral discussions. The core idea, that all human beings hav

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A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference Historically, the Western encounter wi

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Islamist political parties and groups are on the rise throughout the Muslim world, constituting a new political Islam th

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Introduction : the picture of morality -- A dialogue on war -- Bergson's critical philosophy -- The closed society

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An introductory text to the philosophy of human rights, this book provides an innovative, systematic study of the concep

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Argues for greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion, and in so doing bri

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Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique provides a bracing and controversial analysis of the scope of human righ

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This collection explores and illustrates issues arising from 'political' approaches to human rights in contras

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