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Title: Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry by Michael Ignatieff, Amy Gutmann ISBN: 0-691-11474-9 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 27 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, insightful
Comment: Ignatieff offers a measured, limited, and explicitly political, i.e., dialogic, nondogmatic, nonmetaphysical, pragmatic, approach to human rights advocacy and questions of international jurisdiction. Excellent, compelling, convincing. I can't say I'm entirely convinced, mind you. One surprise is that I found Appiah's essay--I am a great admirer of Appiah and, in my estimation, his reply to Taylor in _Multiculturalism: The Politics of Recognition_ is among the finest essays ever written--unconvincing, particularly with regards to the question of "rights and majorities." On this, see Jeremy Waldron's _Law and Disagreement_.
Rating: 1
Summary: Tarnished Reputation
Comment: Ignatieff's credibility, particularly in the field of human rights, is forever tarnished by his marked appeasement of Serb ethnic cleansers in Bosnia several years ago. It is only because Bosnia was ignored, and those responsible never held accountable, that their appeasers still publish and get read. I recommend, for those who want some perpective on Ignatieff, to read his works pertaining to the Balkans written during the period 1992-1995.
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Title: "A Problem from Hell" : America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power ISBN: 0060541644 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice by Jack Donnelly ISBN: 0801487765 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Blood and Belonging : Journeys into the New Nationalism by Michael Ignatieff ISBN: 0374524483 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 30 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff ISBN: 0312281803 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 02 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Globalization and Human Rights by Alison Brysk ISBN: 0520232380 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 07 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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