The human right to dominate / Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon.

What if human rights were used to oppress or even harm the very populations they were intended to protect? In The HUman Right to Dominate, Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon challenge readers to reconsider everything that they think they know about human rights, arguing against the popular assumption t...

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Uniform Title:Oxford studies in culture & politics.
Main Authors: Perugini, Nicola (Author)
Gordon, Neve, 1965- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:Oxford studies in culture & politics.
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Physical Description:x, 200 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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