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Wronging Rights? : Philosophical Challenges for Human Rights.
This book brings together two of the most powerful and relevant philosophical critiques of human rights: the post-colonialist and the post-Althusserian. Its balanced internal structure does not just throw these two critiques together, but actually forces them to enter into confrontation and dialogue...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Colección: | Ethics, human rights and global political thought.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Wronging Rights?; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Which Critique of Human Rights? Evaluating the Postcolonial and the Post-Althusserian Alternatives: Alex Cistelecan; Part One: Postcolonial Perspectives; 2. Human Rights in the 21st Century: Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Ratna Kapur; 3. Critiquing Rights: The Politics of Identity and Difference: Upendra Baxi; 4. Righting Wrongs: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; Part Two: An American Interlude; 5. Human Rights, Rationality and Sentimentality: Richard Rorty.
- 6. 'The Most We Can Hope For . . .': Human Rights and the Politics of Fatalism: Wendy BrownPart Three: Post-Althusserian Perspectives; 7. Against Human Rights: Slavoj Žižek; 8. Who Is the Subject of the Rights of Man?: Jacques Rancière; Conclusion; 9. Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives: Aakash Singh Rathore; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index.