Human Rights and Empire: The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism

by Costas Douzinas

Book Overview

Erudite and timely, this book is a key contribution to the renewal of radical theory and politics. Addressing the paradox of a contemporary humanitarianism that has abandoned politics in favour of combating evil, Douzinas, a leading scholar and author in the field of human rights and legal theory, considers the most pressing international questions.

Asking whether there 'is an intrinsic relationship between human rights and the recent wars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415427584
• ISBN13: 9780415427586
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"