Abstract
Empires expand their hegemony combined two contrasting forces; one is violence the second is characterized by persuasion. Ideology works in these contexts, as an efficient instrument of self-indoctrination whereby dominated cultures accept the cultural matrix of empire. In this vein, the present essay-review not only questions the employment of human rights in the liberal thought, but also tries to respond to the conceptual problems of liberalism to understand terrorism. Based on two seminal texts written by the liberal Michael Ignatieff, we formulate the thesis that liberalism supports the war against terror because of its doctrine of self-determination.
Highlights
The present essay review explores the conceptual obstacles, problems and contributions of Michael Ignatieff respecting to the theory of Human Rights
We have painstankely examined the work of Michael Ignatieff and his development along with the connection between the doctrine of self-determination and human rights
This provoked that many NGO or activists struggled to impose the agenda of Human Rights in the international organism of credit, and commerce to the extent to pose this as a central ideology in American administration
Summary
The present essay review explores the conceptual obstacles, problems and contributions of Michael Ignatieff respecting to the theory of Human Rights. The preventive attack resulted from the logic of pre-emption is based on the future This exhibits the sign of new times, when future rules over present (Baudrillard, 2006). One of the most problems the liberal thought faced in this context was the unilateral justification of preventive war in US and Europe. Born in 1947 and well known as Canadian historian, Ignatieff was educated in the core of Anglo Canadian thought. In his career he was lecturer at prestigious universities as Cambridge, Harvard and Oxford. In a moment of history, the ideology of freedom was imposed to feudal form of life
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