States of exception : human rights, biopolitics, utopia / Costas Douzinas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douzinas, Costas, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crises--Europe--History--21st century.

Crises.

Human rights--Europe--History--21st century.

Human rights.

Pandemics--Social aspects--Europe--History--21st century.

Pandemics.

Europe--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Considering the major crises Europe has faced over the last three decades, this unique book offers a multidisciplinary examination of the ways in which law, human rights and politics have evolved and were affected by recent emergencies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: the sense of an ending

PART I States of exception, states of necessity

1. Biopolitics, rights, subjects

2. States of exception, states of necessity

3. Protest and resistance in the pandemic

4. A theory of resistance

5. Refugees: politics, law, ethics

PART II Critical reflections on human rights

6. Human rights in history

7. Law, morality, politics

8. Neolegalism

9. Cosmopolitanism and just wars

10. The desire called utopia

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Douzinas, Costas States of Exception

ISBN:

9781800376441