Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics - Principled Compromises in a Compromised World

Informationen zum Autor David Ingram is professor of philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago. Klappentext Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics develops a critical theory of human rights and global democracy. Ingram both develops a theory of rights and applies it to a range of concrete and timely issues, such as the persistence of racism in contemporary American society; the emergence of so-called "whiteness theory;" the failure of identity politics; the tensions between emphases on antidiscrimination and affirmative action in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; the great unresolved issues of workplace democracy; and the dilemmas of immigration policy for the U.S. and Europe. Zusammenfassung Rights! Democracy! and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics develops a critical theory of human rights and global democracy. Ingram both develops a theory of rights and applies it to a range of concrete and timely issues! such as the persistence of racism in contemporar... Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction: New Critical Theory: Taking Rights, Democracy, and Identity Politics Seriously Chapter 2 Human Rights and Differends: The Fragmentation of Reason and Identity in the (Post)modern Age Part 3 I Identity Chapter 4 White Man's Burden? Ethnicity and Race in the Era of Identity Politics Chapter 5 Identity Politics and Law: Reflections on Disability Part 6 II Deliberative Democracy Chapter 7 Democracy and Racial Identity: Reconsidering Representation Chapter 8 Democracy and the Rule of Law: Differends and Crises in Post-Liberal Capitalism Part 9 III Rights Chapter 10 Toward a Pragmatist and Perfectionist Theory of Rights Chapter 11 Human Rights and International Justice Part 12 Concluding Remarks: Achieving Global Harmony Through Transformative Dialogue

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Ingram
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.04.2004
• EAN: 9780742533486
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3348-6
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: New Critical Theory; New Critical Theory
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Human rights, civil rights