ABSTRACT

In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking and frameworks for the study of human rights in the twenty-first century.

The Handbook comprises over sixty individual contributions from key figures around the world, which are grouped according to eight key areas of discussion:

  • foundations and critiques;

  • new frameworks for understanding human rights;

  • world religious traditions and human rights;

  • social, economic, group, and collective rights;

  • critical perspectives on human rights organizations, institutions, and practices;

  • law and human rights;

  • narrative and aesthetic dimension of rights;

  • geographies of rights.

In its presentation and analysis of the traditional core history and topics, critical perspectives, human rights culture, and current practice, this Handbook proves a valuable resource for all students and researchers with an interest in human rights.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

PART I Foundations and critiques

chapter 3|10 pages

Kant’s theory of human rights

chapter 5|9 pages

Hannah Arendt on human rights

chapter 6|9 pages

Democracy as human rights

chapter 8|15 pages

Human rights and democracy

chapter 9|10 pages

Cosmopolitanism and human rights

chapter 10|8 pages

A critique of positive rights

chapter 11|11 pages

Nonsense on stilts

part |2 pages

PART III World religious traditions and human rights

part |2 pages

PART IV Social, economic, group, and collective rights

chapter 25|14 pages

Group rights: A defense

chapter 28|9 pages

Children’s rights

chapter 30|10 pages

The right to food

chapter 31|14 pages

The rights of refugees

chapter 32|11 pages

The rights of the disabled

chapter 33|5 pages

Fetal rights

chapter 35|11 pages

Environmental human rights

chapter 36|9 pages

Climate change and human rights

part |2 pages

PART V Critical perspectives on human rights organizations, institutions, and practices

chapter 43|9 pages

Memory and human rights

part |2 pages

PART VI Law and human rights

part |2 pages

PART VII Narrative and aesthetic dimensions of human rights