Format:
vii, 259 Seiten
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9781108424394
,
9781108438155
Series Statement:
Human rights in history
Uniform Title:
Le procès des droits de l'homme
Content:
"Fragmented social relations, the twin demise of authority and tradition, the breakdown of behavioural norms and constraints: all these are the outcome, according to their critics, of the uses and abuses of human rights in contemporary democratic societies. We are, they say, seeing the perverse effects of a 'religion of human rights' to which Europe has rashly devoted its heart and mind; and the supposed burgeoning of rights, which goes hand in hand with an unchecked rise of expectations, is catapulting Western democracies into an age of never-ending demands. This emerged clearly in France in Spring 2013 during the demonstrations against equal marriage ('mariage pour tous') whose opponents deplored the excesses of a movement-driven left striving for an unbounded extension of rights - from the right to same-sex marriage to the enfranchisement of non-nationals or the right of same-sex couples to adopt"--
Note:
Literatur- u. Quellenang
,
"Originally published in 2016 by Editions du Seuill as 'Le Procès des droits de l'homme: Généalogie du septicisme démocratique', written in the French language ..." - Rückseite der Titelseite
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108342704
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108334884
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Lacroix, Justine, 1970 - Human rights on trial Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781108334884
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Menschenrecht
;
Geschichte
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