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100 _a"Rathore, Aakash Singh (ed.)"
245 0 _aWronging rights?: philosophical challenges for Human Rights
260 _aNew Delhi
260 _bRoutledge
260 _c2011
300 _a216p.
365 _b9000
365 _dRS
520 _aWronging Rights Philosophical Challenges For Human Rights This book brings together two of the most powerful and relevant philosophical critiques of human rights: the post-colonialist and the post-Althusserian, its balanced internal structure not just throwing these two critiques together, but actually forcing them to enter into confrontation and dialogue. The book is organised in three parts: at each end, the post-colonialist and the post-Althusserian critiques are represented by some of their main thinkers (Ratna Kapur, G. C. Spivak, Upendra Baxi; Slavoj ?i?ek, Jacques Ranci?re), while in the middle, an American intermezzo (Richard Rorty, Wendy Brown) functions as a genuine Derridian supplement: always already contaminating the
650 _aHuman rights-India
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