Daily Archives: August 10, 2024

Expanding Rights For One Group Usually Comes At The Expense Of Other Groups

Why are some identities valorized and others despised? Eric Kaufman wrote Sep. 19, 2023: Wokeness is about making historically marginalized groups sacred. This religion reinforces an ideology I term “cultural socialism,” which holds that the highest aim of society is … Continue reading

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The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention

Prior to reading this book, I was unaware of any major players in human rights who were right-wing. Here are some highlights from this 2016 book by Marco Duranti: Conservative Europeanists invoked international human rights norms for different purposes. Nevertheless, … Continue reading

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