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The Human Right to Dominate
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In this book, Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon account for how human rights -- generally conceived as a counter-hegemonic instrument for righting historical injustices -- are being deployed to further subjugate the weak and legitimize domination. Using Israel/Palestine as its main case study, The Human Right to Dominate describes the establishment of settler NGOs that appropriate human rights to dispossess indigenous Palestinians and military think-tanks that rationalize lethal violence by invoking human rights. The book underscores the increasing convergences between human rights NGOs, security agencies, settler organizations, and extreme right nationalists, showing how political actors of different stripes champion the dissemination of human rights and mirror each other's political strategies.
Indeed, Perugini and Gordon demonstrate the multifaceted role that this discourse is currently playing in the international arena: on the one hand, human rights have become the lingua franca of global moral speak, while on the other, they have become reconstrued as a tool for enhancing domination.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
216
Release Date:
2015-06-26
Publication Date:
2015-06-26
Publisher:
OUP US
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199365008
ISBN13:
9780199365005
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Weight:
376 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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