Abstract
Critiques the deployment of human rights discourse in international relations. Political necessity of retaining the project of universal human rights as an ongoing and historically specific endeavor; Emergence of an international regime of human rights; Human rights discourse in the post-Cold War era.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-32 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Social Text |
| Issue number | 58 |
| State | Published - Mar 1 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- HUMAN rights
- INTERNATIONAL relations
- cold wars
- nongovernmental organizations
- cultural relativism
- international cooperation
- capitalism
- universalism
- countries
- treaties
- war