Humanity, military humanism and the new moral order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2159339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Costas Douzinas |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-183 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0308514032000073383 |
| OpenAlex | W4246721375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
The post-WWII period has been characterized by an endless process of international humanitarian law-making, aimed at protecting people from their governments. After the collapse of communism, human rights have allegedly transcended their Eurocentrism and have become the first truly universal moral justification for the use of force. This essay explores the meaning and scope of humanity and questions the range of normative resources mobilized in its name. In view of these doubts, it argues that the recent combination of humanism and military force is the outward sign of an emerging moral world order, which is criticized from a number of pragmatic, principled and realist perspectives
Communism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Eurocentrism · Human rights · Humanism · Humanity · Law and economics · Mainstream · Meaning (existential · Normative · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · War, Ethics, and Justification · Law · Philosophy
Urbanism and City Spaces in the Work of Stuart Hall
Human Interest and Humane Governance in Iraq
Of nomadic unities
Theorizing the domestic legitimacy of using force
Decolonising the Curriculum in International Law
The geopolitics of militarism and humanitarianism
War and peace
Challenging environments
Terrorismo e direitos humanos
Building a peace economy
Humanism in Islamic Education
Objects in Relations
The ‘individualization of war
Beyond militarization
The decoupling practice of “Democraticwashing
Human shields
Critical Criminology as a Guardian of Human Rights
Contemporary Western War and the Idea of Humanity
What Is a "Right to Have Rights"? Three Images of the Politics of Human Rights
Governing peacekeeping
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |