Feminist Human Rights - A Political Approach

Kristen Hessler argues that philosophy can best contribute to understanding human rights by exploring the full range of their use in practice. Her approach emphasizes how human rights activism and adjudication can both reveal and dismantle unjust social hierarchies. The result is an innovative vision of interdisciplinary human rights scholarship.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Orthodox/Political Debate and Its Methodological Assumptions
Chapter 2: Towards a Political Philosophy of Human Rights
Chapter 3: Structural Equality
Chapter 4: Case Study: Prosecutor v. Akayesu
Chapter 5: Structural Inequality and Hermeneutical Injustice
Chapter 6: Engaged Moral Inquiry

About the author

By Kristen Hessler

Product details

• Authors: Kristen Hessler
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9781498592307
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9230-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Feminist Strategies: Flexible Theories and Resilient Practices
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LAW / Jurisprudence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Jurisprudence & general issues, Feminism and feminist theory, Jurisprudence and general issues