Does the apparent victory, universality and ubiquity of the idea of rights indicate that such rights have transcended all conflicts of interests and moved beyond the presumption that it is the clash of ideas that drives culture? Or has the rhetorical triumph of rights not been replicated in reality? The contributors to this book answer these questions in the context of an increasing wealth gap between the metropolitan elites and the rest, a chasm in income and chances between the rich and the poor, and walls which divide the comfortable middle classes from the 'underclass'. Why do these inequalities persist in our supposed human rights-abiding societies? In seeking to address the foundations, genealogies, meaning and impact of rights, this book captures some of the energy, breadth, power and paradoxes that make deployment of the language of human rights such an essential but changeable part of so many of our contemporary discourses.
Costas Douzinas Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Costas Douzinas ist Direktor des Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities und Professor für Recht an der Birkbeck, University of London. Seine Arbeit befasst sich mit den tiefgreifenden Verbindungen zwischen Recht, Philosophie und Politik. Douzinas konzentriert sich auf Themen wie Gerechtigkeit, Menschenrechte und die Natur der Macht. Seine juristischen Analysen sind oft von philosophischen und literarischen Einflüssen durchdrungen und bieten den Lesern neue Perspektiven auf rechtliche und politische Systeme.
Do not be afraid, join us, come back! You’ve had your anti-communist fun, and you are pardoned for it—time to get serious once again!—Slavoj Žižek Responding to Alain Badiou’s ‘communist hypothesis’, the leading political philosophers of the Left convened in London in 2009 to take part in a landmark conference to discuss the perpetual, persistent notion that, in a truly emancipated society, all things should be owned in common. This volume brings together their discussions on the philosophical and political import of the communist idea, highlighting both its continuing significance and the need to reconfigure the concept within a world marked by havoc and crisis.
Law and the Image
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- 10 Lesestunden
A discussion of the diverse relationships between law and the artistic image. Topics addressed in the book include the history of the relationship between art and law, the ways in which the visual is made subject to the force of the law, and the relations between law, the image and identity.