International law and its discontents : confronting crises / edited by Barbara Stark.
"In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud argued that civilization itself is the major source of human unhappiness, inhibiting instincts and generating guilt. In Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz shows how the "economic architecture" that produced globalizat...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2015.
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| Summary: | "In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud argued that civilization itself is the major source of human unhappiness, inhibiting instincts and generating guilt. In Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz shows how the "economic architecture" that produced globalization has also driven the backlash against it. This book brings together some of international law's most outspoken "discontents;" those who situate their malaise in international law itself. Their shared objective is to expose international law's complicity in the ongoing economic and financial global crises and to assess its capacity - and its will - to constructively address them. Some, like Freud, view that which holds us together as an inevitable source of discontent. Others, like Stiglitz, draw on the energy of the backlash. How have these crises affected particular groups, sovereign states, and international law itself? How have they responded? When does crisis serve as a catalyst, and for what? "-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316319123 1316319121 9781107239357 1107239354 9781316329160 131632916X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781107239357 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |