Critical Theory and Human Rights : From Compassion to Coercion Paperback / softback
by David McGrogan
Part of the Critical Theory and Contemporary Society series
Paperback / softback
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This book describes how human rights have given rise to a vision of benevolent governance that, if fully realised, would be antithetical to individual freedom.
It describes human rights’ evolution into a grand but nebulous project, rooted in compassion, with the overarching 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.
This gives rise to a form of managerialism, preoccupied with measuring and improving the ‘human rights performance’ of the state, businesses and so on.
The ultimate result is the ‘governmentalisation’ of a pastoral form of global human rights governance, in which power is exercised for the general good, moulded by a complex regulatory sphere which shapes the field of action for the individual at every turn.
This, unsurprisingly, does not appeal to rights-holders themselves. -- .
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:28/11/2023
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- ISBN:9781526174642
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:28/11/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526174642
