Human Rights Discourse in the Post-9/11 Age (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book offers a materialist critique of mainstream human rights discourse in the period following 9/11, examining literary works, critical histories, international declarations, government statutes, NGO manifestos, and a documentary film. The author points out some of the contradictions that emerge in contemporary rights language when material relations are not sufficiently perceived or acknowledged, and he directs attention to the role of some rights talk in maintaining and managing the accelerated global project of capital accumulation. Even as rights discourse points to injustices-for example, injustices related to labor, gender, the citizen's relationship to the state, or the movement of refugees-it can simultaneously maintain systems of oppression. By constructing subjects who are aligned to the interests of capital, by emphasizing individual "empowerment," and/or by containing social disenchantment, it reinforces the process of wealth accumulation, supports neoliberal ideologies, and diminishes the possibility of real transformation through collective struggle.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Human Rights Interventions
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Kanishka Chowdhury
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	235
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-013871-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-013871-2
Barcode:	9783030138714

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