Moral authority, modernity and the politics of the sacred

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-255

  Hopgood, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesty International; Holocaust; Human rights; Modernity; Moral authority; Simmel

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649143837     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066109103138     Document Type: Article

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