The Human Right to Dominate

by Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini

Book Overview

At the turn of the millennium, a new phenomenon emerged: conservatives, who just decades before had rejected the expanding human rights culture, began to embrace human rights in order to advance their political goals.

In this book, Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon account for how human rights--generally conceived as a counter-hegemonic instrument for righting historical injustices--are being deployed to further subjugate the weak and legitimize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199365008
• ISBN13: 9780199365005
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"