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Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory Ser.: From the Margins of Globalization : Critical Perspectives on Human Rights by Étienne Balibar (2004, Hardcover, Annotated edition)

"Either you are with us or you are with the Terrorists!" President Bush exclaimed in a joint session of Congress ten days after the September 11 attacks. Even though the war on terrorism and the discourse surrounding it were ostensibly unleashed to protect freedom and enhance democracy, they have actually empowered authoritarian elements of state power and relegated human rights to the margins of the political arena. In From the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights , Neve Gordon assembles work of leading intellectuals and rights activists from around the globe. While highlighting the importance of human rights, each essay in this volume also encourages a critical perspective, stretching, as it were, the conception of human rights beyond its current borders. Whether it's Iranian premier, Mohammad Khatami, writing on the clash of civilizations, Étienne Balibar thinking through universalism, racism, and sexism, or Ruchama Marton discussing the relation between human rights and psychiatry, this book comprises a challenge to some of the dominant worldviews circulating in the west. Anyone studying human rights or globalization in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, political science, political theory, economy and sociology should have a copy of this volume.

Author
Étienne Balibar
Publication Name
From the Margins of Globalization : Critical Perspectives on Human Rights
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory Ser.
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
339 Pages

Lc Classification Number
Jc571.F6983 2004
Edition Description
Annotated Edition
Reviews
This volume, part of the series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory, assembles nine essays by leading activists on topics such as development and economic rights; globalization and the rights of stateless people; health rights, migrant workers and women's health.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Human Rights as Being-Marginal in the World Chapter 2 Islam, Iran, and the Dialogue of Civilizations Chapter 3 Racism, Sexism, Universalism(s) Chapter 4 Of Despots and Banks: A Human Rights Response to Africa's Debt Crisis Chapter 5 Socio-Economic Rights, Radical Democracy and Power: South Africa as a Case Study Chapter 6 New Formulas, Old Sins: Human Rights Abuses Against Migrant Workers, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees in the Americas Chapter 7 At the Border of Rights: Migration, Sex-Work, and Trafficking Chapter 8 The Right to Madness: From Personal to Political - Psychiatry and Human Rights Chapter 9 Em-bodying Shadows: Tracing the Contours of Women's Rights to Health Chapter 10 Human Rights and Sacred Cows: Framing Violence, Disappearing Struggles
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Globalization, Modern / 20th Century, Human Rights, International Relations / General, General, World
Lccn
2004-006993
Dewey Decimal
323
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
History, Political Science

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