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End of Human Rights : Critical Thought at the Turn of the Century by Costas Douzinas (2000, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101841130001

ISBN-139781841130002

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Number of Pages408 Pages

Publication NameEnd of Human Rights : Critical Thought at the Turn of the Century

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHuman Rights, General, Jurisprudence

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

AuthorCostas Douzinas

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight21.2 Oz

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Reviews... an intriguing work that offers many critical insights into the weaknesses and limits of conventional human rights thinking and which, in addition, subjects the very idea of human rights to a painstaking deconstruction which leaves the reader somewhat breathless in the realisation that what might generally be though of as a good and noble ideal is in fact possibly its opposite, at least in the wrong hands. This review simply cannot convey the richness and complexity of this book. It offers a genuine alternative to the rather self-satisfied literature on human rightsPeter MuchlinskiPublic LawJuly 2000Douzinas writes with his usual astonishing range of reference, high intelligence and often startling perception. Moreover, this is the most serious work on the theory of human rights yet to appear in the English language. Douzinas' range of reading and sense of intellectual excitement are unrivalled. His post-modern playfulness has been replaced by a sincere and lucid eloquence, open to all readers....this is work of the greatest seriousness and importance. It is in no sense a textbook, but no student of human rights, scholar or activist can afford to ignore it.Bill BowringKing's College Law JournalJuly 2000The End of Human Rights... is a thought-provoking critique of the theoretical and historical underpinnings of the apparent commitment to the protection of human rights ...Douzinas' work offers much for thought.Joanna HarringtonCanadian Journal of Law and JurisprudenceJuly 2000The End of Human Rights is a challenging and thoughful text issuing a challenge to self-assured liberal rights literature.Tabik Kochi, Faculty of Law, Griffith University.Tarik Kochi, Griffith UniversityGriffith Law ReviewJuly 2001His method skilfully combines history, philosophy, psychoanalysis and law. The scholarship throughout is remarkable for its range and boldness...... The End of Human Rights is a rich book, full of provocative ideas, which should appeal to any reader concerned about the future of human rights law and practice.Thomas PooleThe Human Rights Law ReviewJune 2002.a well argued and very well written analysisThroughout, the book is written in a refreshing toneMikael Rask MadsenJournal of South Pacific LawJuly 2003, "... an intriguing work that offers many critical insights into the weaknesses and limits of conventional human rights thinking and which, in addition, subjects the very idea of human rights to a painstaking deconstruction which leaves the reader somewhat breathless in the realisation that what might generally be though of as a good and noble ideal is in fact possibly its opposite, at least in the wrong hands. This review simply cannot convey the richness and complexity of this book. It offers a genuine alternative to the rather self-satisfied literature on human rights" -- Public Law "Douzinas writes with his usual astonishing range of reference, high intelligence and often startling perception. Moreover, this is the most serious work on the theory of human rights yet to appear in the English language. Douzinas' range of reading and sense of intellectual excitement are unrivalled. His post-modern playfulness has been replaced by a sincere and lucid eloquence, open to all readers....this is work of the greatest seriousness and importance. It is in no sense a textbook, but no student of human rights, scholar or activist can afford to ignore it." -- King's College Law Journal " The End of Human Rights ... is a thought-provoking critique of the theoretical and historical underpinnings of the apparent commitment to the protection of human rights ...Douzinas' work offers much for thought." -- Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence " The End of Human Rights is a challenging and thoughful text issuing a challenge to self-assured liberal rights literature." -- Griffith Law Review "His method skilfully combines history, philosophy, psychoanalysis and law. The scholarship throughout is remarkable for its range and boldness...... The End of Human Rights is a rich book, full of provocative ideas, which should appeal to any reader concerned about the future of human rights law and practice." -- The Human Rights Law Review "...a well argued and very well written analysis throughout, the book is written in a refreshing tone" -- Journal of South Pacific Law, ... an intriguing work that offers many critical insights into the weaknesses and limits of conventional human rights thinking and which, in addition, subjects the very idea of human rights to a painstaking deconstruction which leaves the reader somewhat breathless in the realisation that what might generally be though of as a good and noble ideal is in fact possibly its opposite, at least in the wrong hands. This review simply cannot convey the richness and complexity of this book. It offers a genuine alternative to the rather self-satisfied literature on human rightsPeter MuchlinskiPublic LawJuly 2000Douzinas writes with his usual astonishing range of reference, high intelligence and often startling perception. Moreover, this is the most serious work on the theory of human rights yet to appear in the English language. Douzinas' range of reading and sense of intellectual excitement are unrivalled. His post-modern playfulness has been replaced by a sincere and lucid eloquence, open to all readers....this is work of the greatest seriousness and importance. It is in no sense a textbook, but no student of human rights, scholar or activist can afford to ignore it.Bill BowringKing's College Law JournalJuly 2000The End of Human Rights... is a thought-provoking critique of the theoretical and historical underpinnings of the apparent commitment to the protection of human rights ...Douzinas' work offers much for thought.Joanna HarringtonCanadian Journal of Law and JurisprudenceJuly 2000The End of Human Rights is a challenging and thoughful text issuing a challenge to self-assured liberal rights literature.Tabik Kochi, Faculty of Law, Griffith University.Tarik Kochi, Griffith UniversityGriffith Law ReviewJuly 2001His method skilfully combines history, philosophy, psychoanalysis and law. The scholarship throughout is remarkable for its range and boldness...... The End of Human Rights is a rich book, full of provocative ideas, which should appeal to any reader concerned about the future of human rights law and practice.Thomas PooleThe Human Rights Law ReviewJune 2002...a well argued and very well written analysisThroughout, the book is written in a refreshing toneMikael Rask MadsenJournal of South Pacific LawJuly 2003, 'a well argued and very well written analysis...Throughout, the book is written in a refreshing tone' Mikael Rask Madsen writing in Journal of South Pacific Law July 2003. 'His method skilfully combines history, philosophy, psychoanalysis and law. The scholarship throughout is remarkable for its range and boldness...... The End of Human Rights is a rich book, full of provocative ideas, which should appeal to any reader concerned about the future of human rights law and practice.' Thomas Poole writing in The Human Rights Law Review June 2002. 'The End of Human Rights is a challenging and thoughful text issuing a challenge to self-assured liberal rights literature. Tabik Kochi, Faculty of Law, Griffith University.' Tarik Kochi, Griffith University writing in Griffith Law Review July 2001. '... an intriguing work that offers many critical insights into the weaknesses and limits of conventional human rights thinking and which, in addition, subjects the very idea of human rights to a painstaking deconstruction which leaves the reader somewhat breathless in the realisation that what might generally be though of as a good and noble ideal is in fact possibly its opposite, at least in the wrong hands. This review simply cannot convey the richness and complexity of this book. It offers a genuine alternative to the rather self-satisfied literature on human rights...' Peter Muchlinski writing in Public Law July 2000. 'Douzinas writes with his usual astonishing range of reference, high intelligence and often startling perception. Moreover, this is the most serious work on the theory of human rights yet to appear in the English language. Douzinas' range of reading and sense of intellectual excitement are unrivalled. His post-modern playfulness has been replaced by a sincere and lucid eloquence, open to all readers....this is work of the greatest seriousness and importance. It is in no sense a textbook, but no student of human rights, scholar or activist can afford to ignore it.' Bill Bowring writing in King's College Law Journal July 2000. 'The End of Human Rights... is a thought-provoking critique of the theoretical and historical underpinnings of the apparent commitment to the protection of human rights... ...Douzinas' work offers much for thought.' Joanna Harrington writing in Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence July 2000.

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SynopsisHuman rights have become an important ideal in current times, yet our age has witnessed more violations of human rights than any previous less enlightened one. This book explores the historical and theoretical dimensions of this paradox. Divided into two parts, the first section offers an alternative history of natural law, in which natural rights are represented as the eternal human struggle to resist opression and to fight for a society in which people are no longer degraded or despised. At the time of their birth in the 18th Century and again in the popular uprisings of the last decade, human rights became the dominant critique of law and society. The radical rhetoric of rights and its apparently endless expansive potential has led to its adoption by governments and individuals alike seeking to justify their actions on moral grounds and has undermined its radical edge. Part Two examines the philosophical logic of rights. The classical critiques of Kant, Burke, Hegel and Marx illuminate traditional aproaches to the concept of human rights. The work of Heidegger, Sartre and psychoanalysis is used to deconstruct the metaphisical essentialism of bothe universalists and cultural relativists. Finally, through a consideration of the ethics of otherness, and with reference to recent human rights violations, it is argued that the end of human rights is to judge law and politics from a moral stand point which both transcends the present and is historically relevant., The introduction of the Human Rights Act has led to an explosion in books on human rights, yet no sustained examination of their history and philosophy exists in the burgeoning literature. At the same time, while human rights have triumphed on the world stage as the ideology of postmodernity, our age has witnessed more violations of human rights than any previous, less enlightened one. This book fills the historical and theoretical gap and explores the powerful promises and disturbing paradoxes of human rights. Divided in two parts and fourteen chapters, the book offers first an alternative history of natural law, in which natural rights represent the eternal human struggle to resist domination and oppression and to fight for a society in which people are no longer degraded or despised. At the time of their birth, in the 18th century, and again in the popular uprisings of the last decade, human rights became the dominant critique of the conservatism of law. But the radical energy, symbolic value and apparently endless expansive potential of rights has led to their adoption both by governments wishing to justify their policies on moral grounds and by individuals fighting for the public recognition of private desires and has undermined their ends. Part Two examines the philosophical logic of rights. Rights, the most liberal of institutions, has been largely misunderstood by established political philosophy and jurisprudence as a result of their cognitive limitations and ethically impoverished views of the individual subject and of the social bond. The liberal approaches of Hobbes, Locke and Kant are juxtaposed to the classical critiques of the concept of human rights by Burke, Hegel and Marx. The philosophies of Heidegger, Strauss, Arendt and Sartre are used to deconstruct the concept of the (legal) subject. Semiotics and psychoanalysis help explore the catastrophic consequences of both universalists and cultural relativists when they become convinced about their correctness. Finally, through a consideration of the ethics of otherness, and with reference to recent human rights violations, it is argued that the end of human rights is to judge law and politics from a position of moral transcendence. This is a comprehensive historical and theoretical examination of the discourse and practice of human rights. Using examples from recent moral foreign policies in Iraq, Rwanda and Kosovo, Douzinas radically argues that the defensive and emancipatory role of human rights will come to an end if we do not re-invent their utopian ideal., The introduction of the Human Rights Act has led to an explosion in books on human rights, yet no sustained examination of their history and philosophy exists in the burgeoning literature. At the same time, while human rights have triumphed on the world stage as the ideology of postmodernity, our age has witnessed more violations of human rights than any previous, 'less enlightened' one. This book fills the historical and theoretical gap and explores the powerful promises and disturbing paradoxes of human rights. Divided in two parts and fourteen chapters, the book offers first an alternative history of natural law, in which natural rights represent the eternal human struggle to resist domination and oppression and to fight for a society in which people are no longer degraded or despised. At the time of their birth, in the 18th century, and again in the popular uprisings of the last decade, human rights became the dominant critique of the conservatism of law. But the radical energy, symbolic value and apparently endless expansive potential of rights has led to their adoption both by governments wishing to justify their policies on moral grounds and by individuals fighting for the public recognition of private desires and has undermined their ends. Part Two examines the philosophical logic of rights. Rights, the most liberal of institutions, has been largely misunderstood by established political philosophy and jurisprudence as a result of their cognitive limitations and ethically impoverished views of the individual subject and of the social bond. The liberal approaches of Hobbes, Locke and Kant are juxtaposed to the classical critiques of the concept of human rights by Burke, Hegel and Marx. The philosophies of Heidegger, Strauss, Arendt and Sartre are used to deconstruct the concept of the (legal) subject. Semiotics and psychoanalysis help explore the catastrophic consequences of both universalists and cultural relativists when they become convinced about their correctness. Finally, through a consideration of the ethics of otherness, and with reference to recent human rights violations, it is argued that the end of human rights is to judge law and politics from a position of moral transcendence. This is a comprehensive historical and theoretical examination of the discourse and practice of human rights. Using examples from recent 'moral' foreign policies in Iraq, Rwanda and Kosovo, Douzinas radically argues that the defensive and emancipatory role of human rights will come to an end if we do not re-invent their utopian ideal. CONTENTS PART 1 THE GENEALOGY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1 The Triumph of Human Rights 2 A Brief History of Natural Law I: The Classical Beginnings 3 A Brief History of Natural Law II: From Natural Law to Natural Rights 4 Natural Right in Hobbes and Locke 5 Revolution and Declarations: The Rights of Men, Citizens and Few Others 6 The Triumph of Humanity: From 1789 to 1989 and from Natural to Human Rights PART 2 THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 7 The Classical Critiques of Rights: Burke and Marx 8 Subjectum and Subjectus: The Free and Subjected Subject 9 Law's Subjects: Rights and Legal Humanism 10 Hegel's Law: Rights and Recognition 11 Psychoanalysis Becomes the Law: Rights and Desire 12 The Imaginary Domain and the Future of Utopia 13 The Human Rights and the Other 14 The End of Human Rights

LC Classification NumberJC571.D77 2000