Rights as Weapons
Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power
Rights are usually viewed as defensive concepts representing mankind's highest aspirations to protect the vulnerable and uplift the downtrodden. But since the Enlightenment, political combatants have also used rights belligerently, to batter despised communities, demolish existing institutions, and smash opposing ideas. Delving into a range of historical and contemporary conflicts from all areas of the globe, Rights as Weapons focuses on the underexamined ways in which the powerful wield rights as aggressive weapons against the weak. Clifford Bob looks at how political forces use rights as rallying cries: naturalizing novel claims as rights i…
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- ISBN: 978-0-691-16604-9
- EAN: 9780691166049
- Produktnummer: 28669411
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm
- Abbildungen: 1 b/w illus. 1 table.
Über den Autor
Clifford Bob is professor and chair of political science at Duquesne University. His previous books include The Marketing of Rebellion, The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics, and The International Struggle for New Human Rights. Twitter @cliffordbob
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