The Human Rights Reader
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-63942-6 (ISBN)
New to the Third Edition
60 new readings and documents cover subjects ranging from human rights in the age of globalization and populism, debates of the rights of citizens versus those of refugees and immigrants, transgender rights, the new Jim Crow, and the future of human rights as they relate to digital surveillance, the pandemic, and bioengineering
Part I has been reorganized into three chapters: the Secular Tradition, Asian and African Religions and Traditions, and the Monotheistic Religions
Part V has been significantly updated and expanded with the addition of an entirely new chapter — "Debating the Future of Human Rights."
Each of the six parts in the book is preceded by an editorial introduction and, in four of the parts, a separate selection providing the reader with a general background on the history and themes represented in the readings that follow
Each part and several chapters conclude with new Questions for Discussion authored by the volume editor
An extensive new online resource includes 62 key human rights documents ranging from the Magna Carta to the United Nations Glasgow Climate Pact
Micheline R. Ishay is Distinguished Professor of International Studies and Human Rights at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Preface to the Third Edition
New to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Human Rights: Historical and Contemporary Controversies
PART I: THE ORIGINS: SECULAR, ASIAN, AND MONOTHEISTIC TRADITIONS
CHAPTER 1: The Secular Tradition
CHAPTER 2: Asian and African Religions and Traditions
CHAPTER 3: Monotheistic Religions
PART II: THE LEGACY OF EARLY LIBERALISM AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
CHAPTER 4: Liberal Visions of Human Rights
CHAPTER 5: How to Promote a Liberal Conception of Human Rights
CHAPTER 6: Human Rights for Whom?
PART III: THE SOCIALIST CONTRIBUTION AND THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
CHAPTER 7: Challenging the Liberal Vision of Rights
CHAPTER 8: How to Promote a Socialist Perspective of Human Rights? Free Trade, Just War, and International Organizations
CHAPTER 9: Human Rights for Whom?
PART IV: THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE IMPERIAL AGE
CHAPTER 10: On the National Question
PART V: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION AND POPULISM
CHAPTER 11: Redefining Rights
CHAPTER 12: How to Protect and Promote Human Rights?
CHAPTER 13: Human Rights for Whom?
CHAPTER 14: Debating the Future of Human Rights
PART VI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS: A BRIEF HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
CHAPTER 15: Additional Documents
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.10.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 1460 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-63942-4 / 0367639424 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-63942-6 / 9780367639426 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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