Relying on René Girards theory of mimetic desire and the dramatic theology
of Raymund Schwager, this monograph examines the fragility and failure of
the human rights system when faced with escalating global violence. One of
the authors central concerns is the human condition that makes violence
foundational to the social order. He also argues that the human rights crisis is
neither an accident nor a shortfall in implementation but the result of subconscious,
collective structures of civilization itself. In the theological key, the
author relates the notion of imitative desire to data of...