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As the second decade of the twenty-first century closes, challenges to human rights have deepened. Democracy is under stress, cultural battles within states have become heightened, and strongman politics are on the rise. Contemporary and historical reflections on rights are perhaps more pressing than ever.
This work addresses ongoing rights issues as well as offers aesthetic and historical reflections on human rights scenes. It addresses rights as a matter of cultural thoughtways, political philosophy, and social norms. The work employs academic, journalistic, and commentary-based styles and is intended to engage both academic and non-academic audiences.
List of contents
Introduction: The Fate of Rights in a Time of Trial: The Long Road Back - Mother May I: When We Lose Even When You Win - Dog Whistles You Can Hear: The White House and Social Strife - Codas of Anger and Silence: Finding Resolution from the Yugoslav '90s - Art, Being, and Human Rights: A Hamburg Exhibition - Justice and the Confrontation: Human Rights and Social Politics - Trespassing the Untrespassable: Poland and Its Holocaust Speech Law - Shirtless on a Horse: The Revenge of the Vozhd - The Turning Point: When Will It Stop in Israel/Palestine? - Tossin' Bombs and Sayin' "Uncle Tom": Where Michelle Wolf Got it Wrong - June in Singapore: When Militant Authoritarians Make Peace - When It Goes Too Far: Venezuela - Nuremberg: The Center of the Vortex - Khashoggi: A Tragedy and a Wrong .
About the author
Ben Dorfmanis associate professor of intellectual and cultural history associated with the Democracy, Migration and Movements (DEMOS) research group at Aalborg University, and head of the Language and International Studies programs.
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Ben Dorfman's new book offers plenty of insights in an excellent and thought-provoking contribution to the scholarship on human rights and philosophy, global governance, and aesthetics. It stands out with delightful prose, beyond the common academic style, ingeniously relating theory on those decisive issues to the threats and dilemmas of the present. - Mats Andrén, Professor, Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion, University of Gothenburg
