Human rights and the reinvention of freedom / Nick Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Nick, 1961- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in global and transnational politics series.

Routledge studies in global and transnational politics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights and globalization.

Liberty--Social aspects.

Liberty.

Cosmopolitanism.

Neoliberalism.

Physical Description:

169 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Contents:

Introduction : human rights and freedom

Human rights, freedom and humanity

Human rights and the cosmopolitan imagination : questions of human dignity and cultural identity

The "making" and "doing" of global civil society : E.P. Thompson and cosmopolitanism

The human right to schooling (or education) in the age of global neoliberalism

Jazz as cultural modernity : consumerism, neoliberalism and cosmopolitan freedom

Human rights and documentary cinema : a democratic pedagogic practice in the time of globalisation

Human rights, post-capitalism and the right to be human : the rise of the commons

Conclusion : the human right to be human.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138823099

1138823090

OCLC:

953363655