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9781041202561: On Ideas about Rights

Synopsis

This book examines the ideas about rights and their evolution in modern political thought. The essays in the volume: --present a comprehensive overview on major thinkers and the evolving discourse on rights --interrogate the idea of 'rights' in the post-colonial context and for the 21st century --introduce a Global South perspective in the rights discourse.

The volume will be of great interest to scholars, students and researchers of politics, especially political theory, and international law.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vishnu Varatharajan is a PhD Candidate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. His research focuses on identifying the fundamental belief systems that open up the faultlines of political polarization in parliamentary democracies. He also works as a Research Officer at Global Survivors Fund, involved in mapping the status of and opportunities for reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.

Meera Chakravorty, PhD. is a Doctoral Advisor in the Department of Cultural Studies, Jain University, Bangalore. She has been a member of the State Women's Commission, Bangalore, Karnataka. Her engagement has been with Philosophy, Women's Studies, Cultural Studies, Consciousness Studies and Translation projects. She has translated some award-winning literary works of renowned authors published by Sahitya Akademi (The Academy of Letters, India). She was awarded for her writing on 'Time' by University of Interdisciplinary studies, Paris, and John Templeton Foundation jointly. She has also been awarded for her literary work by the Tagore Cultural Centre, Bangalore.

Mbuh Tennu Mbuh is Head of the English Department, The University of Bamenda--Cameroon. He is also the President of the Anglophone Cameroon Writers' Association, ACWA. He is presently working on his fourth poetry collection, The Sins of a Patriot, and at the same time tidying up his third novel, The Inheritors of Alahmbit. He has also published short stories and plays.

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9781032773575: On Ideas about Rights

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ISBN 10 :  103277357X ISBN 13 :  9781032773575
Editeur : Routledge India, 2025
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