Human Rights in a Posthuman World

Human Rights in a Posthuman World PDF Author: Upendra Baxi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199088101
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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Book Description
This major work, a sequel to the acclaimed The Future of Human Rights, brings together reflections on human rights theory in the contemporary human condition delineated by the discourses concerning 'development', 'terror', and the emergent 'posthuman'. While acknowledging the precarious place of human rights today, the author points to the emancipatory potential of the 'posthuman', contending that human rights norms and standards remain constitutive conditions of the emergence of the posthuman. This thought-provoking volume will interest scholars and students of human rights, political philosophy, development economics, and international law, as well as activists and policymakers in the fields of law and development.