Vulnerability and Human Rights

by Bryan S. Turner

Book Overview

The mass violence of the twentieth century's two world wars-followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing-has led to a heightened awareness of human beings' vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves from violence and exploitation. This vulnerability, something humans share amid the diversity of cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271029234
• ISBN13: 9780271029238
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.6"