Critical Theory and Human Rights

From Compassion to Coercion

AvDavid McGrogan

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-11-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:397 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Theory and Contemporary Society
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9781526174642

Utforska kategorier

Folkrätt inom Juridik
Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik
Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

David McGrogan is Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School

Recensioner i media

'A formidable corpus of case law and other normative outputs have been developed in justification of positive human rights obligations and in favour of expansion of their scope and content. Critical theory and human rights: From compassion to coercion shows the inadequacy of an account of positive obligations that fails to seriously appreciate their intrusiveness and power of coercion. The book shows how human rights law interpreted as imposing ever more expanding positive obligations, runs the risk of undermining the very reason for which it was historically established - preserving individual freedoms.'Dr Vladislava Stoyanova, Associate Professor of Public International Law at Lund University in Sweden

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1 Solipsism and imperialism2 Between nomos and telos3 Human rights’ directing idea4 The governmentalisation of global human rights governance5 Tactics rather than laws6 Nothing but rejoicingConclusionIndex