The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal applicability and its thiswordliness.

Far from being Eurocentric, my analysis “exoticizes” Europe. Europe is historically aberrant. In some ways this was a historical accident, not entirely Europe’s fault. But, in any case, it is nothing about which Europe should...

People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must.