Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity - A Phenomenology of Human Rights (Hardcover)

Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity explores the theme of human rights in the work of Hannah Arendt. Parekh argues that Arendt's contribution to this debate has been largely ignored because she does not speak in the same terms as contemporary theoreticians of human rights. Beginning by examining Arendt's critique of human rights, and the concept of "a right to have rights" with which she contrasts the traditional understanding of human rights, Parekh goes on to analyze some of the tensions and paradoxes within the modern conception of human rights that Arendt brings to light, arguing that Arendt's perspective must be understood as phenomenological and grounded in a notion of intersubjectivity that she develops in her readings of Kant and Socrates.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Philosophy
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Serena Parekh
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-96108-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism
LSN:	0-415-96108-4
Barcode:	9780415961080

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