Bibliograph

The endtimes of human rights, Stephen Hopgood

Type

Label

The endtimes of human rights, Stephen Hopgood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The endtimes of human rights

Oclc number

908990287

Responsibility statement

Stephen Hopgood

Summary

"In a book that is at once passionate and provocative, Stephen Hopgood argues, against the conventional wisdom, that the idea of universal human rights has become not only ill adapted to current realities but also overambitious and unresponsive. A shift in the global balance of power away from the United States further undermines the foundations on which the global human rights regime is based. American decline exposes the contradictions, hypocrisies and weaknesses behind the attempt to enforce this regime around the world and opens the way for resurgent religious and sovereign actors to challenge human rights"--Publisher website

Table Of Contents

Moral authority in a godless world -- The church of human rights -- The Holocaust metanarrative -- The moral architecture of suffering -- Human rights and American power -- Human rights empire -- Of gods and nations -- The NeoWestphalian world

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