Wronging rights? Philosophical challenges for human rights/ Aakash Singh Rathore

By: Rathore, Aakash SinghMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Delhi: Routledge, 2011Description: 216 pISBN: 9780415615297Subject(s): Human rights -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 323
Contents:
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 Zizek 8. Who is the Subject of the Rights of Man? Jacques Ranciere 9. Conclusion: Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives Aakash Singh Rathore. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Index.
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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 Zizek 8. Who is the Subject of the Rights of Man? Jacques Ranciere 9. Conclusion: Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives Aakash Singh Rathore. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Index.

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