Surrendering to Utopia: An Anthropology of Human Rights

by Mark Goodale

Book Overview

Surrendering to Utopia is a critical and wide-ranging study of anthropology's contributions to human rights. Providing a unique window into the underlying political and intellectual currents that have shaped human rights in the postwar period, this ambitious work opens up new opportunities for research, analysis, and political action. At the book's core, the author describes a "well-tempered human rights"--an orientation to human rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804762139
• ISBN13: 9780804762137
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"