The Subject of Human Rights - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1503613712 ISBN 13: 9781503613713

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Pr, 2020

Riassunto

The Subject of Human Rights is the first book to systematically address the "human" part of "human rights." Drawing on the finest thinking in political theory, cultural studies, history, law, anthropology, and literary studies, this volume examines how human rights—as discourse, law, and practice—shape how we understand humanity and human beings. It asks how the humanness that the human rights idea seeks to protect and promote is experienced.

The essays in this volume consider how human rights norms and practices affect the way we relate to ourselves, to other people, and to the nonhuman world. They investigate what kinds of institutions and actors are subjected to human rights and are charged with respecting their demands and realizing their aspirations. And they explore how human rights shape and even create the very subjects they seek to protect. Through critical reflection on these issues, The Subject of Human Rights suggests ways in which we might reimagine the relationship between human rights and subjectivity with a view to benefiting human rights and subjects alike.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Danielle Celermajer is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. Alexandre Lefebvre is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Stanford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1503613712
• ISBN 13: 9781503613713
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 318
• Redattore: Celermajer Danielle, Lefebvre Alexandre
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