Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today's idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became familiar only a few decades ago when it profoundly reshaped our hopes for an improved humanity. In this pioneering book, Samuel Moyn elevates that extraordinary transformation to center stage and asks what it reveals about the ideal's troubled present and uncertain future.
For some, human rights stretch back to the dawn of Western civilization, the age of the American and French Revolutions, or the post-World War II moment...
Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today's idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is base...
The rise of American Empire has coincided with appeals for a more humane war. But what if efforts to make war more ethical-to ban torture and limit civilian casualties-have only shored up the military enterprise and made it sturdier? During this period the campaign to abolish wars has transformed into to opposing war crimes, with fateful consequences. The ramifications of this shift became apparent in the post-9/11 era. By that time, the US military had embraced the agenda of humane war, driven both by the availability of precision weaponry and the need to protect its image. The battle...
The rise of American Empire has coincided with appeals for a more humane war. But what if efforts to make war more ethical-to ban torture and limit c...
Pojem lidská práva je již po několik desetiletí pevnou a neodmyslitelnou součástí politické diskuse a našeho jazyka vůbec. O lidských právech mluví a píší akademici, novináři, komentátoři a intelektuálové všeho druhu, zaštiťují se jimi aktivisté, politici a státníci - zkrátka tento pojem se natrvalo zabydlel ve veřejném prostoru. Navzdory jeho všudypřítomnosti ovšem panují zkreslené představy o tom, jak se lidská práva a hnutí za lidská práva zrodila, z čeho tato poslední utopie vyvěrá a kde leží její kořeny. Právě to je tématem Moynovy...
Pojem lidská práva je již po několik desetiletí pevnou a neodmyslitelnou součástí politické diskuse a našeho jazyka vůbec. O lidských prá...
