Human Rights And Empire


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Human Rights And Empire


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Author : Costas Douzinas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-03-20

Human Rights And Empire written by Costas Douzinas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-20 with Law categories.


Erudite and timely, this book is a key contribution to the renewal of radical theory and politics. Addressing the paradox of a contemporary humanitarianism that has abandoned politics in favour of combating evil, Douzinas, a leading scholar and author in the field of human rights and legal theory, considers the most pressing international questions. Asking whether there ‘is an intrinsic relationship between human rights and the recent wars carried out in their name?’ and whether ‘human rights are a barrier against domination and oppression or the ideological gloss of an emerging empire?’ this book examines a range of topics, including: the normative characteristics, political philosophy and metaphysical foundations of our age the subjective and institutional aspects of human rights and their involvement in the creation of identity and definition of the meaning and powers of humanity the use of human rights as a justification for a new configuration of political, economic and military power. Exploring the legacy and the contemporary role of human rights, this topical and incisive book is a must for all those interested in human rights law, jurisprudence and philosophy of law, political philosophy and political theory.



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language : en
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Release Date : 2007

Human Rights And Empire written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cosmopolitanism categories.




Human Rights And The End Of Empire


Human Rights And The End Of Empire
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Author : Alfred William Brian Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2004

Human Rights And The End Of Empire written by Alfred William Brian Simpson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.


The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966.



The End Of Human Rights


The End Of Human Rights
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Author : Costas Douzinas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2000-06-01

The End Of Human Rights written by Costas Douzinas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with Law categories.


The introduction of the Human Rights Act has led to an explosion in books on human rights, yet no sustained examination of their history and philosophy exists in the burgeoning literature. At the same time, while human rights have triumphed on the world stage as the ideology of postmodernity, our age has witnessed more violations of human rights than any previous, less enlightened one. This book fills the historical and theoretical gap and explores the powerful promises and disturbing paradoxes of human rights. Divided in two parts and fourteen chapters, the book offers first an alternative history of natural law, in which natural rights represent the eternal human struggle to resist domination and oppression and to fight for a society in which people are no longer degraded or despised. At the time of their birth, in the 18th century, and again in the popular uprisings of the last decade, human rights became the dominant critique of the conservatism of law. But the radical energy, symbolic value and apparently endless expansive potential of rights has led to their adoption both by governments wishing to justify their policies on moral grounds and by individuals fighting for the public recognition of private desires and has undermined their ends. Part Two examines the philosophical logic of rights. Rights, the most liberal of institutions, has been largely misunderstood by established political philosophy and jurisprudence as a result of their cognitive limitations and ethically impoverished views of the individual subject and of the social bond. The liberal approaches of Hobbes, Locke and Kant are juxtaposed to the classical critiques of the concept of human rights by Burke, Hegel and Marx. The philosophies of Heidegger, Strauss, Arendt and Sartre are used to deconstruct the concept of the (legal) subject. Semiotics and psychoanalysis help explore the catastrophic consequences of both universalists and cultural relativists when they become convinced about their correctness. Finally, through a consideration of the ethics of otherness, and with reference to recent human rights violations, it is argued that the end of human rights is to judge law and politics from a position of moral transcendence. This is a comprehensive historical and theoretical examination of the discourse and practice of human rights. Using examples from recent moral foreign policies in Iraq, Rwanda and Kosovo, Douzinas radically argues that the defensive and emancipatory role of human rights will come to an end if we do not re-invent their utopian ideal.



Decolonization Self Determination And The Rise Of Global Human Rights Politics


Decolonization Self Determination And The Rise Of Global Human Rights Politics
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Author : A. Dirk Moses
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-16

Decolonization Self Determination And The Rise Of Global Human Rights Politics written by A. Dirk Moses and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with History categories.


Leading scholars demonstrate how colonial subjects, national liberation movements, and empires mobilized human rights language to contest self-determination during decolonization.



Humanitarianism And Human Rights


Humanitarianism And Human Rights
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Author : Michael N. Barnett
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-15

Humanitarianism And Human Rights written by Michael N. Barnett and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with History categories.


Explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism and the changing nature of the politics and practices of humanity.



Photography Humanitarianism Empire


Photography Humanitarianism Empire
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Author : Jane Lydon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-13

Photography Humanitarianism Empire written by Jane Lydon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-13 with History categories.


With their power to create a sense of proximity and empathy, photographs have long been a crucial means of exchanging ideas between people across the globe; this book explores the role of photography in shaping ideas about race and difference from the 1840s to the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. Focusing on Australian experience in a global context, a rich selection of case studies – drawing on a range of visual genres, from portraiture to ethnographic to scientific photographs – show how photographic encounters between Aboriginals, missionaries, scientists, photographers and writers fuelled international debates about morality, law, politics and human rights.Drawing on new archival research, Photography, Humanitarianism, Empire is essential reading for students and scholars of race, visuality and the histories of empire and human rights.



Empire Humanism And Rights


Empire Humanism And Rights
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Author : José María Beneyto
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-12-10

Empire Humanism And Rights written by José María Beneyto and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-10 with Law categories.


This book deals with Vitoria, Charles V and Erasmus. Vitoria’s ideas had a major influence on Charles V and his European and American policy. In turn, Erasmus’ humanism was decisive in the formation of a new international order intellectually discussed by Vitoria and put into practice by the Emperor. Shedding new light on the influence of Francisco de Vitoria and Erasmus on Charles V’s imperial policy, the book’s goal is to explore the impact of Vitoria’s thought with regard to the history of, and contemporary issues in, international law, while also comparing his thinking with that of the well-known humanist Erasmus and assessing their respective influences on the imperial policy of Charles V.



Brutality In An Age Of Human Rights


Brutality In An Age Of Human Rights
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Author : Brian Drohan
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-15

Brutality In An Age Of Human Rights written by Brian Drohan and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-15 with History categories.


Introduction : counterinsurgency and human rights in the post-1945 world -- A lawyers' war : emergency legislation and the Cyprus Bar Council -- The shadow of Strasbourg : international advocacy and Britain's response -- Hunger war : humanitarian rights and the Radfan campaign -- This unhappy affair : investigating torture in Aden -- A more talkative place : Northern Ireland



Revisiting The Origins Of Human Rights


Revisiting The Origins Of Human Rights
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Author : Pamela Slotte
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-11

Revisiting The Origins Of Human Rights written by Pamela Slotte and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with Law categories.


Scholars of history, law, theology and anthropology critically revisit the history of human rights.