Description
| Product ID: | 9781526131829 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Critical Theory and Contemporary Society |
| Title: | Critical Theory and Human Rights |
| Subtitle: | From Compassion to Coercion |
| Authors: | Author: David McGrogan |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Political science and theory, Political science & theory, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, Human rights, International human rights law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. It argues that this is ultimately antagonistic to individual freedom. This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. It argues that this is ultimately antagonistic to individual freedom. -- . |
| Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-04-27 |
