E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten
McGrogan Critical theory and human rights
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3184-3
Verlag: Canongate Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
From compassion to coercion
E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten
Reihe: Critical Theory and Contemporary Society
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3184-3
Verlag: Canongate Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.