Refugees and the Ethics of Forced Displacement

This book is a philosophical analysis of the ethical treatment of refugees and stateless people, a group of people who, though extremely important politically, have been greatly under theorized philosophically.

List of contents

Introduction
1. The Moral Significance of The Refugee Regime
2. Refugees in Contemporary Political Philosophy
3. Hannah Arendt and the Ontological Deprivation of Statelessness
4. Responsibility for the Forcibly Displaced
Conclusion

About the author

Serena Parekh is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the Northeastern University, USA.

Summary

This book is a philosophical analysis of the ethical treatment of refugees and stateless people, a group of people who, though extremely important politically, have been greatly under theorized philosophically.

Additional text

"The topic of Parekh's volume is a crucial one, and her response to that topic is insightful and powerful; I both hope and expect that further conversations about these issues will take her ideas seriously." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Serena Parekh, Serena (Northeastern University Parekh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138346772
• ISBN: 978-1-138-34677-2
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics; Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)