New Book On Human Rights, the Novel, and International Law From Fordham University Press

Fordham University Press announces the publication of the 2008 ACLA René Wellek Prize Winner

Joseph R. Slaughter, Human Rights, Inc.: The World Novel, Narrative Form, and International Law (2008).
Here are some reviews.

"Human Rights, Inc. is a book of huge erudition that effortlessly
and elegantly combines history, literary theory and political philosophy. Slaughter compellingly argues that human rights operate according to the protocols of the market, turning human suffering and poverty into commodities and preparing their subjects for normalised and disciplined life. In a period when human rights and humanitarianism are used as pretexts for war and imperialism, this is an important book that brilliantly challenges the ruling illusions of the era. "-Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck, University of London, author of Human Rights and Empire

" . . . Seamlessly moves between discussions of philosophy, history, literary criticism, politics, and policy to support an original and compelling argument."
-Journal of Human Rights

436 pages
978-0-8232-2818-8, Paper, $28.00
978-0-8232-2817-1, Cloth, $85.00