The Pluriverse of Human Rights: The Diversity of Struggles for Dignity: The Diversity of Struggles for Dignity

by Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Bruno Sena Martins

Book Overview

The impasse currently affecting human rights as a language used to express struggles for dignity is, to a large extent, a reflection of the epistemological and political exhaustion which blights the global North. Since the global hegemony of human rights as a language for human dignity is nowadays incontrovertible, the question of whether it can be used in a counter-hegemonic sense remains open. Inspired by struggles from all corners of the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032012218
• ISBN13: 9781032012216
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"