1st Edition
The Obsolescence of Human Rights The Alt-Right, the Pandemic and Science as an Emerging Political Cleavage
204 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This book explores how the alt-right has appropriated human rights rhetoric – once rooted in progressive ideals – to resist public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Phrases like “My body, my choice” have been retooled to challenge vaccination and state intervention. The author interrogates the historical and ideological malleability of human rights, revealing how their universalist... Read more
Introduction
PART ONE: THE OBSOLESCENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Chapter 1: Human Rights: Historical Perspective
Chapter 2: Rethinking the Universality of Human Rights
Chapter 3: Ideologization of Human Rights
PART TWO: THE ALT-RIGHT, THE PANDEMIC AND SCIENCE AS AN EMERGING POLITICAL CLEAVAGE
Chapter 4: Science as a New Line of Political Divisions
Chapter 5: The Role of Distrust and Conspiracy Theories
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Filip Balunovic (1987, Belgrade) is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade and an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Media and Communication at Singidunum University.
