Hannah Arendt & human rights : the predicament of common responsibility / Peg Birmingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birmingham, Peg, 1955-

Series:

Studies in Continental thought.

Studies in Continental thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Responsibility.

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.

Arendt, Hannah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Hannah Arendt and human rights

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Peg Birmingham's reading of Arendt's work is absolutely unique. She seeks nothing less than an ontological foundation of the political, and in particular, the notion of human rights."" -- Bernard Flynn, The New School for Social ResearchHannah Arendt's most important contribution to political thought may be her well-known and often-cited notion of the ""right to have rights."" In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Peg Birmingham explores the theoretical and social foundations of Arendt's phi

Contents:

Introduction: the problem of human rights

The event of natality: the ontological foundation of human rights

The principle of initium: freedom, power, and the right to have rights

The principle of givenness: appearance, singularity, and the right to have rights

The predicament of common responsibility

Conclusion: the political institution of the right to have rights.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-158) and index.

ISBN:

9786612073038

9781282073036

1282073036

9780253112262

0253112265

OCLC:

476072330