The Effluent Eye - Jolly, Rosemary J.
29,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
  • Broschiertes Buch

"The Effluent Eye argues for the decolonization of human rights, attributing their failure not simply to state and institutional malfeasance but to the very concept of human rights as anthropocentric-and, therefore, fatally shortsighted. Combining witnessed experience with an array of decolonial texts, Rosemary J. Jolly argues that the granting of "rights" to individuals is meaningless in a world compromised by pollution, poverty, and successive pandemics"--

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
"The Effluent Eye argues for the decolonization of human rights, attributing their failure not simply to state and institutional malfeasance but to the very concept of human rights as anthropocentric-and, therefore, fatally shortsighted. Combining witnessed experience with an array of decolonial texts, Rosemary J. Jolly argues that the granting of "rights" to individuals is meaningless in a world compromised by pollution, poverty, and successive pandemics"--
Autorenporträt
Rosemary J. Jolly is Weiss Chair of the Humanities and professor of comparative literature, English, bioethics, women’s studies, and African studies at Penn State. She is author of Cultured Violence: Narrative, Social Suffering, and Engendering Human Rights in Contemporary South Africa .