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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Main Authors: Michalinos Zembylas, Vivienne Bozalek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2014-12-01
Series:Acta Academica
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1471