The Concrete Utopia conceptualizes the human rights project
of the last two and a half centuries as a “backward-looking”
endeavor, which, in order to move forward, must return to the
utopian roots of its foundational documents.
Human rights advance by judging the ills of the present
world from a standpoint in the future
where they might no longer exist—a
fundamentally utopian gesture. This peculiar character of
human rights makes them continually ripe for reinvention and for
responding to changing circumstances in the world. With a
particular focus on developments from the 1960s until the present,
this book addresses the history of human rights movements
and how human rights have been reconceived and upheld
in various historical
moments. Finally, it attempts to
sketch out how they
may be re-envisioned for the
struggles of the 21st century. At a
time when the human rights project has endured
criticism for being toothless
or even for providing a pretext for
military invasions, Kaleck argues that the current global
crises, from inequality, to ecological collapse, to
the “age of pandemics,” can
be countered by reinventing human
rights work through feminist, decolonial and
ecological interventions.
General
| Imprint: |
Or Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2023 |
| Authors: |
Wolfgang Kaleck
|
| Dimensions: |
177 x 127mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
140 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-68219-439-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-68219-439-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781682194393 |
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