Religion, Race, Rights
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84113-729-2 (ISBN)
This ignores the cultural specificity of western legal concepts, and prevents us from appreciating that, analogous to past colonial periods, in a global political economy Anglo-American law is not always transportable, transferable, or translatable across political landscapes and religious communities. 'Darian-Smith's new book is an example of what is most exciting about new scholarship in the humanities. It works across disciplinary and methodological boundaries in its attempt to deal with one of our most pressing current social problems - determining the consequences of the sometimes violent interaction of race, religion and law in times of social crisis. Darian-Smith explodes the myth of secularism in modern society, and the illusion of post-racialism, in her unblinking analysis of present dilemmas. Once you read this book you will never again think that the western concept of individual rights is sufficient to resolve the contradictions of modern existence. This is a genuinely important step forward in western scholarship' - Stanley Katz, President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies and Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.
'Eve Darian-Smith takes us on an amazing journey covering four centuries that brilliantly illuminates the continuously evolving interplay of law, religion, and race in the Anglo-American experience. This wonderfully readable book is imaginatively organized around a series of eight landmark 'law moments' that ingeniously show how legal rights are always being subtly shaped by culturally prevailing ideas about religion and race, a process that still goes on in our supposedly 21st century secular world that claims to be free of racism' - Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University. 'In this volume, Eve Darian-Smith offers a passionate, wide-ranging analysis of the complex, historically-vexed relations among religion, race, and rights over the past four plus centuries. The book begins, in 1571, with Martin Luther and ends, at the dawn of the new century, with the discriminatory labor practices of Walmart, the recent crusades of George Bush and his theocons, and the resurgence of religious faith.
By way of a well-chosen sequence of 'legal landmarks' - each an historical drama in its own right, each a piece of theater in which judicial processes take center stage - Darian-Smith develops a compelling, complex critique of the law, of its inherent ambiguities, its violence, its possibilities. And its historical entailment in political, economic, social and ethical forces well beyond itself, forces that, repeatedly, have opened up a yawning gap between its ideological (self)representation and the realities of its everyday practice. This is an ambitious work of scholarship, one which, by virtue of brush strokes at once deft and broad, challenges us to understand the legal underpinnings of our world in new ways' - Jon Comaroff, University of Chicago.
Eve Darian-Smith practiced law in Australia before obtaining her MA degree (Harvard) and her PhD degree (Chicago) in cultural anthropology. She has published a number of books and articles including Bridging Divides: The Channel Tunnel and English Legal Identity in the New Europe (1999) which won the Law & Society Association Herbert Jacob Book Prize, as well as New Capitalists: Law, Politics and Identity Surrounding Casino Gaming on Native American Land (2003) and Ethnography and Law (2006).
Introduction: Connecting Religion, Race and Rights I: Moving toward Separation of Church and State Chapter 1: Martin Luther and the Challenge to the Catholic Church (1517) Religion: Protest and Reform Race: The Infidel Turk Rights: Demanding Secular Law Conclusion Chapter 2: Executing the King: The Trial of Charles I (1649) Religion: Protestant and Catholic Violence Race: Religious Intolerance and Legalizing Racism Rights: Defining the Rights of King, Parliament and Subject Conclusion Chapter 3: Revolution and Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (1791) Religion: The Age of Reason and the Challenge of Science Race: Questioning Slavery and Discrimination Rights: Law's Coming of Age in Rights of Man Conclusion II: Capitalism, Colonialism and Nationalism Chapter 4: Sugar, Slaves, Rebellion, Murder (1865) Religion: The 'Divine Institution' of Slavery Race: Scientific Racism Rights: Empire's Right to Massacre Conclusion Chapter 5: Demanding the Eight-Hour Workday (1886) Religion: Law as Faith Race: Racializing Labor 161 Rights: Workers versus Laissez-Faire Capitalism Conclusion Chapter 6: Civilizing Native Americans-The Dawes Act (1887) Religion: Missionaries and Heathens Race: Determining the Race Within Rights: Limiting Native Sovereignty Conclusion III: Religion, Race and Rights in a Global Era Chapter 7: Nuremberg's Legacy (1945-49) Religion: Confronting Religious Pluralism Race: Rethinking Race Rights: Implementing Human Rights Conclusion Chapter 8: Democracy, Neoliberalism, and the New Crusades Religion: Exploiting God Race: 'Saving Brown Women' Rights: The Challenges of Neoliberalism Conclusion Conclusion: The Resurgence of Faith
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.5.2010 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84113-729-4 / 1841137294 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84113-729-2 / 9781841137292 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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