{"product_id":"powerless-by-design-9780822326137","title":"Powerless by Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddresses Western officials' responses to post-Cold War conflicts and analyses the reactions of the Left to their governments' positions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePowerless by Design\u003c\/i\u003e is necessary reading for anyone concerned with the contemporary politics of human rights. Feher offers a lucid and incisive indictment of the humanitarian pretensions of the international community.”—Robert Post, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e“Extremely provocative and informative, this book should quickly become the center of political debate among liberal and left scholars and activists. The book deftly lays out the paradox of a discourse on human rights and international obligations that under certain political conditions undermines the very principles at stake”—Judith Butler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Michel Feher is a keen and lucid analyzer of doctrines and hypocrisies, and in \u003ci\u003ePowerless by Design\u003c\/i\u003e he has given us a truly valuable analysis of the doctrines and hypocrisies of right now.”—Paul Berman, author of \u003ci\u003eA Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Puzzling Chiasm\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A New Doctrine\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Radical Critique\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Misguiding Definitions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Self-serving motives\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Obfuscating policies\u003cbr\u003eI. Humanitarianism\u003cbr\u003eII. Diplomacy\u003cbr\u003eIII. Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003eIV. Justice\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Self-fulfilling prophecies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Ambiguous Evolution\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Unsettling Message\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Emerging Polarization\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456015040855,"sku":"9780822326137","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822326137.jpg?v=1755033445","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/powerless-by-design-9780822326137","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}