A critical engagement with the social and political consequences of human rights: the contribution of the affective turn and posthumanism
Responding to human rights critiques, this article draws on some of the literature in the affective turn and posthumanism to critique the liberal framework as well as the moral superiority of humanism on which the human rights regime has been built. Both the affective turn and posthumanism – althou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2014-12-01
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Series: | Acta Academica |
Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1471 |