Human rights, human wrongs : the Oxford Amnesty lectures, 2001 / edited by Nicholas Owen
- Bib ID:
- 2114964
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
- x, 358 p. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0192802194 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Based on the Oxford Amnesty Lectures, this book asks why people commit human rights abuses, and whether and how such abuses can be prevented. It consists of essays by eight leading writers and thinkers." "Many contemporary issues in human rights are addressed, including the ethics of military intervention, the representation of atrocity in photojournalism, the relationship between activists and victims, and the possibilities for reconciliation in the aftermath of wrong-doing." "Linked by Nicholas Owen's introduction, these essays aim to promote action as well as understanding in support of human rights."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction / Nicholas Owen
- 1. Right to Intervene or Duty to Assist? / Tzvetan Todorov
- 2. Human Rights, Sovereignty and Intervention / Michael Ignatieff
- 3. How Can We Prevent Crimes Against Humanity? / Peter Singer
- 4. Bringing International Criminals to Justice / Geoffrey Bindman
- 5. Righting Wrongs / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
- 6. Racism Within / Gitta Sereny
- 7. War and Photography / Susan Sontag
- 8. The Balm of Recognition: Rectifying Wrongs through the Generations / Eva Hoffman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Owen, Nicholas (Nicholas J.)
- Copyright:
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