Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

by Seyla Benhabib

Book Overview

The language of human rights has become the public vocabulary of our contemporary world. Ironically, as the political influence of human rights has grown, their philosophical justification has become ever more controversial.

Building on a theory of discourse ethics and communicative rationality, this book addresses the politics and philosophy of human rights against the background of the broader social transformations that are shaping the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745654436
• ISBN13: 9780745654430
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"