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The power of human rights/the human rights of power: an introduction

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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:29 authored by Louiza OdysseosLouiza Odysseos, Anna Selmeczi
The contributions to this volume eschew the long-held approach of either dismissing human rights as politically compromised or glorifying them as a priori progressive in enabling resistance. Drawing on plural social theoretic and philosophical literatures – and a multiplicity of empirical domains – they illuminate the multi-layered and intricate relationship of human rights and power. They highlight human rights’ incitement of new subjects and modes of political action, marked by an often unnoticed duality and indeterminacy. Epistemologically distancing themselves from purely deductive, theory-driven approaches, the contributors explore these linkages through historically specific rights struggles. This, in turn, substantiates the commitment to avoid reifying the ‘Third World’ as merely the terrain of ‘fieldwork’, proposing it, instead, as a legitimate and necessary site of theorising.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Third World Quarterly

ISSN

0143-6597

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

6

Volume

36

Page range

1033-1040

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-07-07

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