Wronging rights? : philosophical challenges for human rights / editors, Aakash Singh Rathore, Alex Cistelecan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rathore, Aakash Singh.

Cistelecan, Alex, 1979-

Series:

Ethics, human rights and global political thought ; 1.

Ethics, human rights & global political thought ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributed articles.

Contents:

Front Cover; Wronging Rights?; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Which Critique of Human Rights? Evaluating the Postcolonial and the Post-Althusserian Alternatives: Alex Cistelecan; Part One: Postcolonial 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 BrownPart Three: Post-Althusserian Perspectives; 7. Against Human Rights: Slavoj Žižek; 8. Who Is the Subject of the Rights of Man?: Jacques Rancière; Conclusion; 9. Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives: Aakash Singh Rathore; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-70428-0

0-203-81403-7

9780203814031

OCLC:

782859157