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Identities, Politics, and Rights (Paperback, New edition)
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Identities, Politics, and Rights (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought
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The subject of rights occupies a central place in liberal political
thought. This tradition posits that rights are entitlements of
individuals by virtue of their personhood and that rights stand
apart from politics, that rights in fact hold at bay intrusions of
state policy. The essays in "Identities, Politics, and Rights"
question these assumptions and examine how rights constitute us as
subjects and are, at the same time, implicated in political
struggles. In contrast to the liberal notion of rights'
universality, these essays emphasize the context-specific nature of
rights as well as their constitutive effects.
Recognizing that political disputes throughout the world have
increasingly been cast as arguments about rights, the essays in
this volume examine the varied roles that rights play in political
movements and contests. They argue that rights talk is used by many
different groups primarily because of its fluidity. Certainly
rights can empower individuals and protect them from their
societies, but they also constrain them in other areas. Frequently,
empowerment for one group means disabling rights for another group.
Moreover, focusing on rights can both liberate and limit the
imagination of the possible. By alerting us to this paradox of
rights--empowerment and limitation--"Identities, Politics, and
Rights" illuminates ongoing challenges to rights and reminds us
that rights can both energize political engagement and provide a
resource for defenders of the status quo.
Contributors are Richard Abel, Bruce Ackerman, Wendy Brown, John
Comaroff, Drucilla Cornell, Jane Gaines, Thomas R. Kearns,
Elizabeth Kiss, Kirstie McClure, Sally Merry, Martha Minow, Austin
Sarat, and StevenShiffrin.
Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence
and Political Science, Amherst College. Thomas R. Kearns is William
H. Hastie Professor of Philosophy, Amherst College.
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