Overview
- A unique collection by contemporary human rights authorities Provides a single picture of the most innovative aspects of human rights
- Combines contemporary contributions with seminal works
- The intellectual profile adds value to the political/diplomatic debates on human rights
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Human Rights
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The Validit-(ies) of Human Rights
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Democracy and Human Rights
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Back Matter
About this book
This book presents a unique collection of the most relevant perspectives in contemporary human rights philosophy. Different intellectual traditions are brought together to explore some of the core postmodern issues challenging standard justifications. Widely accessible also to non experts, contributions aim at opening new perspectives on the state of the art of the philosophy of human rights. This makes this book particularly suitable to human rights experts as well as master and doctoral students.
Further, while conceived in a uniform and homogeneous way, the book is internally organized around three central themes: an introduction to theories of rights and their relation to values; a set of contributions presenting some of the most influential contemporary strategies; and finally a number of articles evaluating those empirical challenges springing from the implementation of human rights. This specific set-up of the book provides readers with a stimulating presentation of a growing and interconnecting number of problems that post-natural law theories face today.
While most of the contributions are new and specifically conceived for the present occasion, the volume includes also some recently published influential essays on rights, democracy and their political implementation.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Corradetti has assembled an impressive collection of writings on human rights from thinkers inspired by continental philosophers … . The collection serves as a useful introduction for scholars interested in the emerging European jurisprudence on human rights.” (Kevin W. Gray, The Political Studies Review, Vol. 11 (3), 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophical Dimensions of Human Rights
Book Subtitle: Some Contemporary Views
Editors: Claudio Corradetti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2376-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2375-7Published: 30 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8477-1Published: 25 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2376-4Published: 29 October 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 319
Topics: Philosophy of Law, Political Science, Public International Law, Political Philosophy, Ethics