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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... existence of massive social and political inequality would make such agreements meaningless. In this sense, human rights doctrine is “a revolutionary creed, since it makes a radical demand of all human groups, that they serve the ...
Bryan S. Turner. in support of universalism. He recognizes the existence of certain “facts” about human beings: they feel pain, they have the capacity to recognize pain in others, and they are free to do good and avoid evil. They can and ...
... existence of the good society. This relationship is expressed in Article 3, which asserts that “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Critics of sociology may remain skeptical about this argument, because they ...
... existence. Because we are biologically vulnerable, we need to build political institutions to provide for our collective security. These institutions are themselves precarious, however, and cannot work without effective leadership ...
... existence. Given that contingency, emplacement is crucial to our sense of identity, security, and continuity. Human rights abuses disconnect and destroy the conditions that make embodiment, enselfment, and emplacement possible. They ...
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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 | |