The human is a central reference point for human rights. But who or
what is that human? And given its long history of exclusiveness, when
so many of those now recognised as human were denied the name, how
much confidence can we attach to the term? This book works towards a
sense of the human that does without substantive accounts of
'humanity' while also avoiding their opposite – the contentless
versions that deny important differences such as race, gender and
sexuality. Drawing inspiration from Hannah Arendt's
anti-foundationalism, Phillips rejects the idea of 'humanness' as
grounded in essential characteristics we can be shown to share. She
stresses instead the human as claim and commitment, as enactment and
politics of equality. In doing so, she engages with a range of
contemporary debates on human dignity, humanism, and post-humanism,
and argues that none of these is necessary to a strong politics of the
human.
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ISBN
9781316235478
Publisert
2015
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Cambridge University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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