TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ignatieff,Michael
AU  - Gutmann,Amy
TI  - Human rights as politics and idolatry
T2  - University Center for Human Values series
SN  - 9780691114743
AV  - JC571 .I39
U1  - 323 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Political science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - World politics
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
KW  - Idées politiques
KW  - Politique mondiale
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Amy Gutmann -- Human rights as politics and idolatry / Michael Ignatieff -- Grounding human rights / K. Anthony Appiah -- Debates with the PTA and others / David A. Hollinger -- the moral imagination and human rights / Thomas W. Laqueur -- Relativism and religion / Diane F. Orentlicher -- Dignity and agency / Michael Ignatieff
N2  - "Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Based on the Tanner Lectures that Ignatieff delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2000, the book includes two chapters by Ignatieff, an introduction by Amy Gutmann, comments by four leading scholars -- K. Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Thomas W. Laqueur, and Diane F. Orentlicher -- and a response by Ignatieff. Book jacket."--Jacket
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