The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era.(Book review)

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Freund, Alexander | Copyright information

The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era, by Micheline R. Ishay. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004. ix, 450 pp. $60.00 US (cloth), $24.95 US (paper).

"There are no universal ethics," begins Micheline Ishay her History of Human Rights, only to argue over the next 350 pages that they do and should indeed exist but that they are now, once again, under attack--this time by consumerism and post-9/11 security legislation. To win th...

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