Anat Biletzki discussing local/global human rights
This is an excerpt from Starr Forum: The Philosophy of Human Rights, a book talk with Anat Biletzki, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy, Quinnipiac University. Her most recent book is Philosophy of Human Rights: A Systematic Introduction.
The full event video is available at: • Starr Forum: The Philosophy of Human Rights
A transcript of the full event is available at http://bit.ly/HumanRightsTranscript
About the author:
Anat Biletzki is the Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy, Quinnipiac University; research affiliate and co-director of the Human Rights and Technology Fellowship Program, MIT Center for International Studies. Her publications include: Talking Wolves: Thomas Hobbes on the Language of Politics and the Politics of Language (1997), and(Over) Interpreting Wittgenstein (2003). She served as chairperson of B’Tselem―the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (2001–2006) and was nominated among the “1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize―2005.”
Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), MIT Press Bookstore, MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Event held on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm at MIT Building E40, 496 Pye Conference Room
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