Recent histories of human rights have shown that the turn to human rights as a form of
politics occurred as a placeholder for utopian energies at the end of history, coinciding with …

Picture a gallery, with a long wall of paintings by “old masters.” Now picture a wall studded
with mosaic tiles in an abstract pattern. This chapter analyzes the evolution of human rights …

Human rights belong to the doxa of our time,'of that which is taken for granted'(Bourdieu,
1977: 165) and that defines 'the space of the conceivable and utterable'(Hoffman, 2011: 1) …

Decolonial and post-colonial critiques have shown how rights naturalise a normatively
white, Western bourgeois, and appropriative subject, while negating other forms of being …

Human rights, human development and human security form increasingly important, partly
interconnected, partly competitive and misunderstood ethical and policy discourses. Each …

Extremism is a global on-going problem that has changed forms in recent years. It is
inadvertently a product of globalization. On the surface, globalization is thought to promote …

This book develops a philosophical conception of human rights that responds satisfactorily
to the challenges raised by cultural and political critics of human rights, who contend that the …

" This book argues that ultimately human rights can be actualized, in two senses. By
answering important challenges to them, the real-world relevance of human rights can be …

Illustrated with case studies from across the globe, Contesting Human Rights provides an
innovative approach to human rights, and examines the barriers and changing pathways to …