The Rights Revolution Paperback / softback
by Michael Ignatieff
Paperback / softback
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With an updated preface by the author. Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe.
Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument.
Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution.
This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world.
Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities?
Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights?
Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community?Michael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in The Rights Revolution, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers.
For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- Publication Date:15/03/2007
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- ISBN:9780887847622
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- Publication Date:15/03/2007
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- ISBN:9780887847622