Human rights, security politics and embodiment / Aneira J. Edmunds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmunds, Aneira J., author.

Series:

Anthem Impact

Anthem impact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Human body--Law and legislation.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London, England : Anthem Press, 2023.

Summary:

Virtuous institutions, such as human rights ones, have been neglected by securitization theory's focus on the national state apparatus as the key driver of security politics. This book challenges this assumption, showing the ways institutional human rights, deemed the most progressive of rights, have been complicit in rendering the body vulnerable. While the book principally focuses on the treatment of the veiled woman, it also considers wider cases involving torture: the ultimate removal of control over one's body and biggest transgression of human rights' supposed foundational commitment to bodily integrity.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: An Outline

1 Sociology, Human Rights and the Body

2 Securing Undesirable Bodies

3 Virtuous Institutions and the Securitisation of Women's Bodies

4 The Conditionality of Human Rights

Conclusion: Desecuritising Human Rights

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Feb 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Edmunds, Aneira J. Human Rights, Security Politics and Embodiment

ISBN:

9781839984495

183998449X

9781839984488

1839984481

OCLC:

1407315164