Alison Assiter

A New Theory of Human Rights

New Materialism and Zoroastrianism

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Produktbeschreibung

The book offers an original defence of a new materialist thesis that focuses on the biological core of humans to develop a theory of human rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9781538149959
• ISBN-10: 1538149958
• Artikelnr.: 67188096

Autorenporträt

Alison Assiter is Professor of Feminist Theory at the University of the West of England. She is the author of Kierkegaard, Metaphysics and Political Theory (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Some Defences of Realist Materialism
2. A 'New' Form of 'New' Materialism
3. Moving Towards the Ethical
4. A Defence of Essentialism and Universalism
5. A 'New' Defence of Human Rights
6. Eurocentric and Westocentric?
7. Saba Mahmood
8. The Politics of Piety
Conclusion
Index