The Right of Self-Determination of Peoples: The Domestication of an Illusion | by Jörg Fisch | Anita Mage | ‎ Cambridge University Press | ‎ English | ‎ 1st Edition

Product description Review 'Ranging authoritatively and easily over disciplines, periods and regions, combining deep historical and legal insights with detailed commentary and crisp and informed judgment, Professor Fisch's book provides us with a rich and original global history of self-determination. Self-determination will continue to be a subject of debate and ongoing controversy. But this masterful work will be an indispensable reference point for all such discussions.' Antony Anghie, University of Utah'This is an ambitious and yet elegantly composed study of a complex notion. Dr Jörg Fisch combines a conceptual analysis of the notion of 'self-determination' and cognate expressions with a dense chronology of illustrations of their uses in international practice. Highlighting the contrast between the irreducible idealism and the political instrumentality of self-determination, Fisch produces a powerful explanation for the surprising persistence of a notion that is full of paradoxes and yet indispensable in modern political life.' Martti Koskenniemi, University of Helsinki Book Description This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples. About the Author Jörg Fisch is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Zurich.Anita Mage is an academic translator and doctoral candidate in philosophy at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Read more