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Human Rights in a Changing World

Reflections on Fundamental Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Mehmet Okyayuz

    1. Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University in Ankara/Turkey, Bahcelievler, Türkiye

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  2. Junxiang Mao

    1. Human Rights Centre, Central South University, Changsha, China

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  3. Letlhokwa George Mpedi

    1. University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  4. Peter Herrmann

    1. Institute for International Political Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Research Fellow at the Human Rights Center Law School at the Central South University, Changsha, PRC, Berlin, Germany

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  • Understanding backgrounds of conflicting lines in the HR-discussion
  • Reflection on links and tensions between universalism and national specifities
  • Discussion of the mainstream Human Rights debates

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  5. Policy Areas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Freedom of Thought and Expression: Censorship on Media in Turkey

      • Hüreyye Özdemir
      Pages 291-323

    3. Arts, Aesthetics and Human Rights: A Psychosocial Perspective

      • António M. Duarte
      Pages 325-354
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About this book

The book aims at presenting an updated version of the basic and general human rights debates. While it is frequently suggested that Human Rights are universal and indivisible, it is an undeniable fact that this is far from being true. And if there was ever any justification for talking about an ending to history, that narrative has definitely lost all justification in the light of recent developments. In fact, we are now witnessing a new harsh round of global system competition, often at the edge of a global hot war, now not anymore in a bipolar world but in a multipolar setting.
The book contributions include reflections on history and theory, the reinterpretation of rights in different national contexts and/or in relation to specific groups (e.g. women) and areas (e.g. digitization).
The book is meant to be a food for thought, at the end arguing in favour of the need to redefine Human Rights, reflecting the changes since the inauguration of the UDHR.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University in Ankara/Turkey, Bahcelievler, Türkiye

    Mehmet Okyayuz

  • Human Rights Centre, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Junxiang Mao

  • University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Letlhokwa George Mpedi

  • Institute for International Political Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Research Fellow at the Human Rights Center Law School at the Central South University, Changsha, PRC, Berlin, Germany

    Peter Herrmann

About the editors

Mehmet Okyayuz, political scientist, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Peter Herrmann, social philosopher, having worked globally in research and teaching positions in particular on social policy and economics, currently: Research Fellow, Human Rights Centre, Central South University Changsha, PRC.
Mao Junxiang, academic director of the Human Rights Centre, Central South University Changsha, PRC.
Letlhokwa George Mpedi, legal scholar and social protection expert, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Rights in a Changing World

  • Book Subtitle: Reflections on Fundamental Challenges

  • Editors: Mehmet Okyayuz, Junxiang Mao, Letlhokwa George Mpedi, Peter Herrmann

  • Series Title: Prekarisierung und soziale Entkopplung – transdisziplinäre Studien

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39533-9

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-39532-2Published: 09 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-39533-9Published: 08 March 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2509-3266

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-3274

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 364

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Sociology

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