In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes
by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are
defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating
support on behalf of those experiencing human rights violations
often calls for strategic representations of injustice and
suffering to distant audiences. The positive impulse behind public
responses to political abuse can be found in the satisfaction of
justice done. But the fact that oppressed peoples and their
supporters from around the world are competing for public attention
is actually a profound source of global difference, stemming from
differential capacities to appeal to a remote, unknown public.
Niezen's discussion of the impact of public opinion on law provides
fresh insights into the importance of legally-constructed identity
and the changing pathways through which it is being shaped -
crucial issues for all those with an interest in anthropology,
politics and human rights law.
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