Tensions of Modernity : Las Casas and His Legacy in the French Enlightenment.
Politics today is marked by tension between claims of universal human rights and diversity. From the war on terror to immigration, one of the major challenges facing liberalism is to understand the scope of equality in a world in which certain peoples are perceived to reject and/or violently resist...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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Colección: | Routledge innovations in political theory.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Politics today is marked by tension between claims of universal human rights and diversity. From the war on terror to immigration, one of the major challenges facing liberalism is to understand the scope of equality in a world in which certain peoples are perceived to reject and/or violently resist democratic principles. This book revisits Europe's initial encounter with the Native Americans of the New World to shed light on how the West's initial defense of so-called 'barbarians' has influenced the way we think about diversity today, and elucidate the arguments of exclusion that unconsciously. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781136290657 1136290656 |