Vulnerability and Human RightsPenn State Press, 29 oct. 2015 - 160 pagini The mass violence of the twentieth century’s two world wars—followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing—has led to a heightened awareness of human beings’ vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves from violence and exploitation. This vulnerability, something humans share amid the diversity of cultural beliefs and values that mark their differences, provides solid ground on which to construct a framework of human rights. Bryan Turner undertakes this task here, developing a sociology of rights from a sociology of the human body. His blending of empirical research with normative analysis constitutes an important step forward for the discipline of sociology. Like anthropology, sociology has traditionally eschewed the study of justice as beyond the limits of a discipline that pays homage to cultural relativism and the “value neutrality” of positivistic science. Turner’s expanded approach accordingly involves a truly interdisciplinary dialogue with the literature of economics, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, and religion. |
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... economic rights. Ignatieff concludes his second essay (2001, 95) with the general claim that “what is pain and humiliation for you is bound to be pain and humiliation for me.” We should not stress the differences among human beings from ...
... Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Woodiwiss 1998; 2003; 2005), namely, those rights that are directly connected ... economy of health that social and political participation in society is closely associated with health outcomes. One ...
... economy of warfare based on the sex trade, drug control, and contraband. Child soldiers, cheap armaments, and the ... economic changes in warfare does not mean that cultural and social factors have played no role. Indeed, the value of ...
... economic exchange was expanding people's horizons and bringing them into contact with other cultures. China was a topic of considerable interest, especially among Jesuit missionaries who had established contact with the imperial court ...
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Cuprins
Cultural Rights and Critical Recognition Theory | |
Reproductive and Sexual Rights | |
Rights of Impairment and Disability | |
Rights of the Body | |
Old and New Xenophobia | |
References | |
Index | |