HumanRights:AnInterdisciplinaryApproach
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- 出版社 PolityPress
- 出版时间 2011年4月
- ISBN 9780745639666
- 定价 177.60
内容简介
HumanRightsisanintroductorytextthatisbothinnovativeandchallenging.Itinvitesstudentstothinkconceptuallyaboutoneofthemostimportantandinfluentialpoliticalconceptsofourtime.Inthisuniqueinterdisciplinaryapproach,MichaelFreemanemphasizesthecomplexwaysinwhichtheexperiencesofthevictimsofhumanrightsviolationsarerelatedtolegal,philosophicalandsocial-scientificapproachestohumanrights.Bytracingthehistoryoftheconcept,thebookshowsthatthereisafundamentaltensionbetweenthephilosophyofhumanrightsandthewayinwhichitisunderstoodinthesocialsciences.Thisanalysisthrowslightonsomeofthemostcontroversialissuesinthefield:Istheideaoftheuniversalityofhumanrightsconsistentwithrespectforculturaldifference?Aretherecollectivehumanrights?Shouldfeministsembrace,reviseorrejecttheideaofhumanrights?Doestheideaofhumanrightsdistractourattentionfromthestructuralcausesofoppressionandexploitation?Whataretheunderlyingcausesofhumanrightsviolations;andwhydosomecountrieshavemuchworsehumanrightsrecordsthanothers?Thebookwillappealtostudentsinthesocialsciences,aswellasstudentsofhumanrightslawwhowantanintroductiontothenon-legalaspectsoftheirsubject.Itwillalsobereadbyscholarsinterestedinethicsandthesocialsciences,aswellasthegeneralreader.Thisisasubstantiallyrevisededitionthattakesaccountofrecenteventssuchasthe‘waronterror’andtheglobaleconomiccrisisof2008.
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