{"product_id":"vulnerability-and-human-rights-bryan-s-turner-9780271029238","title":"Vulnerability and Human Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mass violence of the twentieth century's two world wars--followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing--has led to a heightened awareness of human beings' vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves from violence and exploitation. This vulnerability, something humans share amid the diversity of cultural beliefs and values that mark their differences, provides solid ground on which to construct a framework of human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryan Turner undertakes this task here, developing a sociology of rights from a sociology of the human body. His blending of empirical research with normative analysis constitutes an important step forward for the discipline of sociology. Like anthropology, sociology has traditionally eschewed the study of justice as beyond the limits of a discipline that pays homage to cultural relativism and the \"value neutrality\" of positivistic science. Turner's expanded approach accordingly involves a truly interdisciplinary dialogue with the literature of economics, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan S. Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271029234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271029238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.54w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 16","brand":"Bryan S. Turner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913534898431,"sku":"9780271029238","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_90261204-623c-47a9-a899-6e7ed37e4c64.jpg?v=1680620906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vulnerability-and-human-rights-bryan-s-turner-9780271029238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}