Rights Talk: The Impoverishment Of Political Discourse

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Simon and Schuster, 30 июн. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 242
Political speech in the United States is undergoing a crisis. Glendon's acclaimed book traces the evolution of the strident language of rights in America and shows how it has captured the nation's devotion to individualism and liberty, but omitted the American traditions of hospitality and care for the community.
 

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TWO The Illusion of Absoluteness
18
THREE The Lone RightsBearer
47
FOUR The Missing Language
76
FIVE The Missing Dimension of Sociality
109
SEVEN Refining the Rhetoric of Rights
171
Notes
185
Index
211
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Mary Ann Glendon is the Emerita Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University. She is also a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. Glendon has done work related ot human rights, comparative law, and political theory.

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