1st Edition
Wronging Rights? Philosophical Challenges for Human Rights
224 Pages
by
Routledge India
224 Pages
by
Routledge India
224 Pages
by
Routledge India
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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 not just throwing these two critiques together, but actually forcing them to enter into confrontation and dialogue.
The book is organised in three parts: at each end, the post-colonialist and the... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Which Critique of Human Rights? Alex Cistelecan Part One: Post-colonial 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 Brown Part Three: Post-Althusserian Perspectives 7. Against Human Rights Slavoj Žižek 8. Who is the Subject of the Rights of Man? Jacques Rancière 9. Conclusion: Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives Aakash Singh Rathore. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Index.
Biography
Aakash Singh Rathore is Research Professor at Luiss University, Rome.
Alex Cistelecan is a doctoral candidate at Luiss University, Rome.
