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Article: The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era.(Book review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- December 1, 2005
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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 the fight for human rights in the twenty-first century, Ishay urges everyone engaged in protecting and furthering human rights to draw inspiration from their history, in other words, from the history ...