Petersmann rejected rights claims only when they favored the Global South
Evidence
It is a revealing irony that Petersmann was a critic of the language of rights in the hands of the Global South in the G-77 and advocated rights only when redefined as Āfree movement of capital and goods, especially in the context of EuĀroĀpean integration. ā Quinn Slobodian, Globalists, 908
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the readerās existing material on how āneutralā framing of rights masks partisan interests ā parallels the mask-of-neutrality themes from Communication as Culture. ā connects to: NIEO opponents reframed Global South demands as an assault on liberal trading principles. ā Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and theā¦, 798