Abstract
The much-lamented anthropocentrism of human rights is misleading. Human rights anthropocentrism is radically attenuated and reflects persistent patterns of intra- and inter-species injustice and binary subject-object relations inapt for 21st century crises and posthuman complexities. This article explores the possibility of re-imagining the “human” of human rights in the light of anti- and post-Cartesian analyses drawing—in particular—upon Merleau-Ponty and on new materialism. The article also seeks to re-imagine human rights themselves as responsibilized, injustice-sensitive claim-concepts emerging in the ‘midst of’ lively materialities
and the uneven global dynamics of 21st century predicaments.
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Article
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Date Type: |
Publication |
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Published |
Schools: |
Law |
Subjects: |
K Law > K Law (General) |
Publisher: |
SAGE Publications |
ISSN: |
0162-2439 |
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Date of First Compliant Deposit: |
11 September 2017 |
Date of Acceptance: |
10 September 2017 |
Last Modified: |
22 Jan 2018 22:38 |
URI: |
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/104524 |
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