The State of Human Rights: Historical Genealogies, Political Controversies, and Cultural Imaginaries - Couverture rigide

 
9783825347000: The State of Human Rights: Historical Genealogies, Political Controversies, and Cultural Imaginaries
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ISBN 10 : 3825347001 ISBN 13 : 9783825347000
Editeur : Universitatsverlag Winter, 2020

Synopsis

Since their proclamation in the 1948 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights', human rights have become a dominant language in controversies over ethics around the globe and a normative basis for concepts of a just society and ideas of the public good. This concerns a variety of issues, from slavery and warfare through fights over indigenous rights and disputes over preserving the heritage of minorities to current conflicts over asylum law and the status of refugees. What is the state of human rights both within and beyond the boundaries of the nation state? How can we take into account the significance of cultural texts in envisioning and critically reflecting the 'state of human rights'? This book offers interdisciplinary perspectives from literary and cultural studies, theater, photography, history, political science, philosophy, sociology, and law, looking at historical controversies on human rights as well as at their current political, social, and imagined state(s).

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Éditeur
Universitatsverlag Winter
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3825347001
ISBN 13 
9783825347000
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
266
Éditeur
Schmidt Kerstin
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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