Rights Talk: The Impoverishment Of Political Discourse
Jun 2008 · Simon and Schuster
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Political speech in the United States is undergoing a crisis. Glendon's acclaimed book traces the evolution of the strident language of rights in America and shows how it has captured the nation's devotion to individualism and liberty, but omitted the American traditions of hospitality and care for the community.
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October 3, 2010
This book is well written, thoughtful and comprehensive. But as a former student of Mary Ann Glendon several years ago at Boston College Law School, I recall with a shiver the arrogance and snideness of this woman in her first-year property class. If she had a personal problem with you, she treated you like dirt. I just can't help but ask people not to line her egotistical, self-important pockets by purchasing this book.
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Mary Ann Glendon is the Emerita Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University. She is also a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. Glendon has done work related ot human rights, comparative law, and political theory.
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