Dehumanization in the Global Migration Crisis

Drawing from interviews with refugees and asylum seekers, Dehumanization in the Global Migration Crisis presents a philosophical, yet empirically grounded account of what dehumanization entails.

List of contents

• 1: Dehumanization in the migration crisis


• 2: Animalization


• 3: Objectification


• 4: Brutalization


• 5: Dehumanization

About the author

Adrienne de Ruiter is a political philosopher and ethicist. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences and Philosophy at Utrecht University and completed master degrees in Middle East Studies at Leiden University, Conflict Studies and Human Rights at Utrecht University, and Contemporary Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Her doctoral research in Political Science at the European University Institute focused on the dehumanization of refugees and asylum seekers. She taught global justice, human rights, and ethics of war at the University of Newcastle and is currently Assistant Professor in Humanism and Philosophy at the University of Humanistic Studies.

Summary

Drawing from interviews with refugees and asylum seekers, Dehumanization in the Global Migration Crisis presents a philosophical, yet empirically grounded account of what dehumanization entails.

Product details

• Authors: Adrienne de Ruiter, Dr Adrienne (Assistant Professor in Hum De Ruiter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198893400
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889340-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship