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Invoking humanityDanilo Zolo

Invoking humanity

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" Powerful, passionate and highly topical critique of humanitarian intervention International political theorist with eight top-selling books "Whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat."In this first time translation in English, Danilo Zolo considers Carl Schmitt's maxim in the context of the "humanitarian war" waged against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Spring of 1999 by 19 NATO countries. This erudite and disturbing book is a political, legal and philosophical reflection on an extraordinary display of Western Power and its present and future impact on the global system of…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2002
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781441179722
  • Other · English · 2002
    Bloomsbury Academic & Professional · 224 pages · 9781306845359
  • Other · English · 2002
    Continuum · 209 pages · 9780826456557
HistoryKosovo (Serbia) Civil War, 1998-1999Politics and governmentKosovo War, 1998-1999Europe, politics and government, 1989-General & miscellaneous european historyBalkan conflicts1991-1999