Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation - Futurity, Alterity, Power

Informationen zum Autor Kathryn McNeilly is a Lecturer in Law at Queen's University Belfast. Klappentext Drawing upon critical legal theory, radical democratic thinking and feminist perspectives, Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation seeks to reassess the radical possibilities for human rights and explore how rights may be re-engaged as a tool to facilitate radical social change via the concept of 'human rights to come'. Zusammenfassung Drawing upon critical legal theory, radical democratic thinking and feminist perspectives, Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation seeks to reassess the radical possibilities for human rights and explore how rights may be re-engaged as a tool to facilitate radical social change via the concept of ‘human rights to come’. Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The Excesses of Human Rights: Beginning to Think A Futural Future for Human Rights (Re)Doing Rights: The Performativity of Human Rights To Come Universality as Universalisation: The Universality of Human Rights To Come Beyond Consensus: The Agonism of Human Rights To Come Rethinking Paradoxical Sovereignty: The Ontology of Human Rights To Come On Translation: The Practice of Human Rights To Come Re-reading Feminist Engagements with Rights via Human Rights To Come Conclusion as Non-Conclusion The possibilities of non-conclusion The challenges of non-conclusion A future in the futural

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• Authors: Kathryn McNeilly, McNeilly Kathryn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138690219
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69021-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law