Human rights, human dignity, and cosmopolitan ideals : essays on critical theory and human rights /
This book proposes a new agenda for research into a Critical Theory of Human Rights. Each chapter pursues three goals: to reconstruct modern philosophical theories that have contributed to our views on human rights; to highlight the importance of humanity and human dignity as a complementary dimensi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont :
Ashgate,
2014.
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Colección: | Rethinking political and international theory.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Idea of Human Rights and the Realities of World Politics; Part I: Human Rights and Human Dignity Beyond the State; 2 Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Hypothetical Consent; 3 Global Governance and Human Rights; 4 Are Human Rights Moral Rights?; Part II: Human Rights and Cosmopolitanism with a Human Face; 5 Human Rights and the Paradigms of Cosmopolitanism: From Rights to Humanity; 6 From Imperial to Dialogical Cosmopolitanism; 7 Two Traditions of Human Rights; Bibliography; Index