This book examines the ideas about rights and their evolution in modern political thought. The essays in the volume present a comprehensive overview on major thinkers and the evolving discourse on rights, interrogate the idea of rights in the postcolonial context and for the twenty-first century, and introduce a Global South perspective in the rights discourse. The volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and researchers of politics, especially political theory and international law.

This book examines the ideas about rights and their evolution in modern political thought. The essays in the volume present a comprehensive overview on major thinkers and the evolving discourse on rights, interrogate the idea of rights in the postcolonial context and for the twenty-first century, and introduce a Global South perspective in the rights discourse. The volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and researchers of politics, especially political theory and international law.

This book examines the ideas about rights and their evolution in modern political thought. The essays in the volume present a comprehensive overview on major thinkers and the evolving discourse on rights, interrogate the idea of rights in the postcolonial context and for the twenty-first century, and introduce a Global South perspective in the rights discourse. The volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and researchers of politics, especially political theory and international law.