Imagining unequals, imagining equals : concepts of equality in history and law / ed. by Ulrike Davy, Antje Flüchter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhatia, Gautam, 1988- Contributor.

Davy, Ulrike.

Flüchter, Antje.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

254 pages.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Bielefeld University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Davy Ulrike : Ulrike Davy ist Professorin für öffentliches Recht, Sozialrecht und Rechtsvergleichung an der Universität Bielefeld sowie Geschäftsführende Direktorin des Zentrums für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF). Sie forscht zu internationalen Menschenrechten, Wohlfahrtsstaatsentwicklung und Migrationsfragen.Flüchter Antje : Antje Flüchter (Prof. Dr. phil.) ist Professorin für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit an der Universität Bielefeld und Sprecherin des SFB 1288 »Praktiken des Vergleichens«. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Verflechtungsgeschichte, Geschichte der Religiosität, Körper und Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte des Politischen und Theorie der Geschichte.

Summary:

"Why did »equality« become prominent in European societies based on hierarchy during the Enlightenment? What does »equality« imply for societies, politics or legal systems? The contributors explore concepts of equality from the perspectives of history and law and draw on the idea that practices of comparing were essential when it came to imagining others as equal, fighting discrimination, or scandalising social inequalities. Among others, Lynn Hunt, Helmut Walser Smith and David Keane investigate visionary practices in revolutionary France, the collection of data on the poor in 19th-century Germany, the claims raised under the minority regime of the League of Nations, and the anti-discrimination politics of the United Nations and India."--Publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Concepts of Equality: Why, Who, What for? / Ulrike Davy, Antje Flüchter

Hierarchy as Order-Equality as Chaos? / Antje Flüchter

Envisioning Equality in the French Revolution / Lynn Hunt

"A Deep, Horizontal Comradeship?" / Helmut Walser Smith

Minority Protection under the League of Nations: Universal and Particular Equality / Ulrike Davy

Equality through the Lens of Racial Discrimination / Malika Mansouri

India, the UN and Caste as a Form of Racial Discrimination: Resolving the Dispute / David Keane

Equality under the Indian Constitution / Gautam Bhatia

Authors and Editors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9783839458877

3839458870

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839458877