In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey (Massey Lectures) (Record no. 30092)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9788148700395 |
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| Transcribing agency | New Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 767 |
| Personal name | Payam Akhavan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey (Massey Lectures) |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Canada |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | House of Anansi Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 304 p. |
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| Formatted contents note | A work of memoir, history, and a call to action, In Search of a Better World is a powerful and essential work on the major human rights struggles of our times.<br/><br/>Renowned UN prosecutor and human rights scholar Payam Akhavan has encountered the grim realities of contemporary genocide throughout his life and career. He argues that deceptive utopias, political cynicism, and public apathy have given rise to major human rights abuses: from the religious persecution of Iranian Bahá’ís that shaped his personal life, to the horrors of ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia, the genocide in Rwanda, and the rise of contemporary phenomena such as the Islamic State. But he also reflects on the inspiring resilience of the human spirit and the reality of our inextricable interdependence to liberate us, whether from hateful ideologies that deny the humanity of others or an empty consumerist culture that worships greed and self-indulgence.<br/><br/>A timely, essential, and passionate work of memoir and history, In Search of a Better World is a tour de force by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer. |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 767 |
| Personal name | Payam Akhavan |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Biography |
| Form subdivision | Baha'i Faith |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 766 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human Rights |
| Form subdivision | Baha'i Faith |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | New Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library | New Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library | 07/04/2020 | 07/04/2020 | 07/04/2020 | Book, collection chapter or section |