Costas Douzinas

Human Rights and Empire

The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism

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Produktbeschreibung

Erudite and timely, this book is a key contribution to the renewal of radical theory and politics. Douzinas, a leading scholar and author in the field of human rights and legal theory, considers the most pressing international questions surrounding the legacy and contemporary role of human rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge-Cavendish
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9780415427586
• ISBN-10: 0415427584
• Artikelnr.: 22527077

Autorenporträt

Costas Douzinas is Professor of Law at Birkbeck College, London and Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He is the author of numerous books on legal theory and human rights.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Paradoxes of Human Rights 1. The End of Human Rights? 2. Identity
Desire
Rights 3. The Many Faces of Humanitarianism 4. The Politics of Human Rights 5. Freedom in a Biopolitical Setting Part 2: The Normative Sources of the New World Order 6. Empire or Cosmopolitanism? 7. Cosmopolitanism Ancient
Modern
Postmodern 8. Human Rights: Values in a Valueless World 9. The Brief Glory and the Long Crisis of International Law 10. War
Violence
Law 11. Bare
Theological and Cosmopolitan Sovereignty 12. Postscript: The Cosmopolitanism to Come

Rezensionen

'A key contribution to the renewal of not only radical theory, but also radical politics' - Slavoj Zizek

'A truly compelling argument ... one of the most original contributions to the question of the moral and legal status of human rights' - Drucilla Cornell

'beautiful and clearly written... the author's combination of erudition, passion and lively style makes the work a contantly fascinating read. ...a worthwhile introduction to the history of political philosophy.' - Cardozo Law Review, March 2008