Many, including Marx, Rawls, and the contemporary 'Black Lives
Matter' movement, embrace the ambition to secure terms of
co-existence in which the worth of people's lives becomes a lived
reality rather than an empty boast. This book asks whether, as some
believe, the philosophical idea of human dignity can help achieve
that ambition. Offering a new fourfold typology of dignity
concepts, Colin Bird argues that human dignity can perform this
role only if certain traditional ways of conceiving it are
abandoned. Accordingly, Bird rejects the idea that human dignity
refers to the inherent worth or status of individuals, and instead
reinterprets it as a social relation, constituted by affects of
respect and the modes of mutual attention which they generate. What
emerges is a new vision of human dignity as a vital political
value, and an arresting vindication of its role as an agent of
critical reflection on politics.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Colin Bird
|
Pages: |
290 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-92762-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-108-92762-9 |
Barcode: |
9781108927628 |
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