The Human Right to Dominate (Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics)

At the turn of the millennium, a new phenomenon emerged: conservatives, who just decades before had rejected the expanding human rights culture, began to embrace human rights in order to advance their political goals. In this book, Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon account for how human rights — generally conceived as a counter-hegemonic instrument for righting historical injustices — are being deployed to further subjugate the weak and legitimize domination. Using Israel/Palestine as its main case study, The Human Right to Dominate describes the establishment of settler NGOs that appropriate human rights to dispossess indigenous Palestinians and military think-tanks that rationalize lethal violence by invoking human rights. The book underscores the increasing convergences between human rights NGOs, security agencies, settler organizations, and extreme right nationalists, showing how political actors of different stripes champion the dissemination of human rights and mirror each other's political strategies. Indeed, Perugini and Gordon demonstrate the multifaceted role that this discourse is currently playing in the international arena: on the one hand, human rights have become the lingua franca of global moral speak, while on the other, they have become reconstrued as a tool for enhancing domination. 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 That Increased Human Rights Lead To A Greater Degree Of Freedom. The Book Explores The Subjective And Politicized Nature Of Human Rights In The Context Of The Israel/palestine Conflict, Demonstrating Instances In Which Human Rights Can Be Used As A Tool For Oppression And Illustrating The Ways That Human Rights Can Be Interpreted To Justify Colonialism, Warfare, And Even Lethal Violence Again Civilians. -- Cover Introduction: Human Rights As Domination -- The Paradox Of Human Rights -- The Threat Of Human Rights -- The Human Right To Kill -- The Human Right To Colonize -- Conclusion: What Remains Of Human Rights? Nicola Perugini And Neve Gordon. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. La 4e de couverture indique : "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 that increased human rights lead to a greater degree of freedom. The book explores the subjective and politicized nature of human rights in the context of the Israel/Palestine conflict, demonstrating instances in which human rights can be used as a tool for oppression and illustrating the ways that human rights can be interpreted to justify colonialism, warfare, and even lethal violence against civilians." "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 that increased human rights lead to a greater degree of freedom. The book explores the subjective and politicized nature of human rights in the context of the Israel/Palestine conflict, demonstrating instances in which human rights can be used as a tool for oppression and illustrating the ways that human rights can be interpreted to justify colonialism, warfare, and even lethal violence against civilians."--Back cover