| ID | 183762 |
| Title Proper | From the White Man’s Burden to the Responsible Saviour: Justifying Humanitarian Intervention in Libya |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Xypolia, Ilia |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In recent years, there has been renewed interest in conceptualising the political nature of human rights as well as intense debate over the precise nature of Western biases in the whole project. Spurred by the fresh renewal of radical theory, a growing body of literature explores the role that racialized power hierarchies have played in the human rights project through the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine. Drawing from critical human rights scholarship, this article explores the way human rights have been employed as a legitimising discourse for justifying military intervention in Libya. In doing so, it illustrates the Eurocentric conceptualisation of power, power hierarchies and subjectivities. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Critique Vol. 31, No.1; 2022: p.1-19 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Critique Vol: 31 No 1 |
| Key Words | Human Rights ; United States ; Humanitarian Intervention ; Libya ; Qaddafi ; Obama ; R2P |