The Radical Philosophy of Rights

by Costas Douzinas

Book Overview

After 1989 human rights have expanded into a vernacular touching every aspect of social life. They are seen as the key concept in morals and politics and a main tool for forging individual and collective identities. They are the ideology after 'the end of ideologies' - the only values left after 'the end of history'. The response of the left to the rights revolution has been muted and unsure. Classical Marxist critiques of (natural) rights have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138025100
• ISBN13: 9781138025103
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"