Nationalism and Human Rights
In Theory and Practice in the Middle East, Central Europe, and the Asia-Pacific
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Social Policy, International, International Relations
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781137012029 | |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | February 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781137012029 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | February 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the excesses of modernity, particularly those associated with the modern nation-state, or as an adjunct of globalization, with its attendant goal of constructing a universal civilization based on neoliberal economic principles and individual liberty.
By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the excesses of modernity, particularly those associated with the modern nation-state, or as an adjunct of globalization, with its attendant goal of constructing a universal civilization based on neoliberal economic principles and individual liberty.
