Reviews for Human Rights and Asian Values

The average rating for Human Rights and Asian Values based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-04 00:00:00 Peter Patrelli While I agree with the main argument of this book that the Asian values are more of an empty myth and a perpetual questions than established facts, I take issues on their hubris on the global and universal value of human rights "as a mere set of ideals it has no boundaries and tracing its history tends to be non-essential for its application"(p2). After assuming the transcendent moral high ground, they dive directly into the critiques through historical, cultural, power-relational analysis of Asian values. I am appalled by the editors' utter lack of self-reflection on the shaky ground where the so-called universality of human rights rest. If you are seeking for reassurance of your liberal sentiment, then this is the book to read. However, if you are looking for solid and conducive argumentation based on logic and reason, then I recommend you to look somewhere else. To dismiss questions about individualism based on social security and to compare Asian communitairianism with Marxism, Narcism and Feudalism are both hubristic and shallow. l

Review # 2 was written on 2016-03-05 00:00:00 Nicole Allen A touching story, for what there was of it. The book story is about 130 pages, double spaced. The author is a wonderful guy, but not a writer. I recommend you move on to read a different WWII book.