The Politics of the Human

by Anne Phillips

Book Overview

The human is a central reference point for human rights. But who or what is that human? And given its long history of exclusiveness, when so many of those now recognised as human were denied the name, how much confidence can we attach to the term? This book works towards a sense of the human that does without substantive accounts of 'humanity' while also avoiding their opposite - the contentless versions that deny important differences such as race,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110747583X
• ISBN13: 9781107475830
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"