David McGrogan

Critical theory and human rights

From compassion to coercion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. It argues that this is ultimately antagonistic to individual freedom. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Critical Theory and Contemporary Society
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781526131829
• ISBN-10: 152613182X
• Artikelnr.: 59911006

Autorenporträt

David McGrogan is Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Solipsism and imperialism 2 Between nomos and telos 3 Human
rights' directing idea 4 The governmentalisation of global human rights
governance 5 Tactics rather than laws 6 Nothing but rejoicing Conclusion
Index