Nationalism and Human Rights [electronic resource] : In Theory and Practice in the Middle East, Central Europe, and the Asia-Pacific /
Cheng, G.editor.
By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the excesses of modernity, particularly those associated with the modern nation-state, or as an adjunct of globalization, with its attendant goal of constructing a universal civilization based on neoliberal economic principles and individual liberty.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1 The Relationship between Nationalism and Human Rights: An Introduction to the Dimensions of the Debate; 2 Human Rights as a Security Challenge: An Examination of Turkish Nationalist Discourse on Minority Rights Reforms; 3 All in the Name of Human Rights: A Historical Case Study on Australian Nationalism and Multiculturalism, 1980-1990; 4 Migrants at Home: The Impact of Israeli Land Policy and Patrilocal Residence on Palestinian Women in Israel; 5 National Rights, Minority Rights, and Ethnic Cleansing
6 Cosmopolitan Citizenship as a Thin Concept: Who Is Willing to Die for Humanity?7 The Contradictions of Human Rights and Sovereignty: Contemporary Dilemmas of Postwar Historical Practice; 8 Taming the Nation-State: Human Rights and Peoples; 9 Conclusion: Nationalism versus Human Rights; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the excesses of modernity, particularly those associated with the modern nation-state, or as an adjunct of globalization, with its attendant goal of constructing a universal civilization based on neoliberal economic principles and individual liberty.
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