Human rights, human wrongs : the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2001 / edited by Nicholas Owen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Owen, Nicholas (Nicholas J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Human rights advocacy.

Physical Description:

x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This edited collection, based on the 2001 Oxford Amnesty Lectures, focuses on human rights abuses and the way in which these are interpreted. The contributors are Tzvetan Todorov, Michael Ignatieff, Gayatri Spivak, Peter Singer, Gitta Sereny, Geoffrey Bindman, Susan Sontag, and Eva Hoffman, with commentaries on their essays from Niall Fergusson, Timothy Garton Ash, Hermione Lee, and others. The issues explored in the talks include the right of the international community to military intervention in human rights abuses, the ethical and legal difficulties in bringing rights abusers to justice, the human tendency towards racist attitudes, the impact of postcolonialism, and the way in which human evil is represented in photography.

Contents:

Right to intervene or duty to assist? / Tzvetan Todorov

Human rights, sovereignty and intervention / Michael Ignatieff

How can we prevent crimes against humanity? / Peter Singer

Bringing international criminals to justice / Geoffrey Bindman

Righting wrongs / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Racism within / Gitta Sereny

War and photography / Susan Sontag

The balm of recognition: rectifying wrongs through the generations / Eva Hoffman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-348) and index.

ISBN:

0192802194

OCLC:

50718361