Struggles for the Human : Violent Legality and the Politics of Rights / Lara Montesinos Coleman.
2023
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Author
Title
Struggles for the Human : Violent Legality and the Politics of Rights / Lara Montesinos Coleman.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2024
Description
1 online resource (256 p.)
Series
Global and insurgent legalities ; 31.
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Human Rights in Struggle
1 - necroeconomics. Violence, Law, and Twenty-First- Century Plunder
2 - deadly colonial ethics. Development Policy-Speak and Corporate Responsibility
3 - privatizing workers' rights. Social Partnership in a Neoliberal World
4 - elusive justice. Capital, Impunity, and Counterlegality
5 - from pernicious optimism to radical hope. Human Rights beyond Abstract Values
6 - for an insurgent humanism
Conclusion. What Do We Make of Human Rights? Ten Points
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Human Rights in Struggle
1 - necroeconomics. Violence, Law, and Twenty-First- Century Plunder
2 - deadly colonial ethics. Development Policy-Speak and Corporate Responsibility
3 - privatizing workers' rights. Social Partnership in a Neoliberal World
4 - elusive justice. Capital, Impunity, and Counterlegality
5 - from pernicious optimism to radical hope. Human Rights beyond Abstract Values
6 - for an insurgent humanism
Conclusion. What Do We Make of Human Rights? Ten Points
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Summary
In Struggles for the Human, Lara Montesinos Coleman blends ethnography, political philosophy, and critical theory to reorient debates on human rights through attention to understandings of legality, ethics, and humanity in anticapitalist and decolonial struggle. Drawing on her extensive involvement with grassroots social movements in Colombia, Coleman observes that mainstream expressions of human rights have become counterparts to capitalist violence, even as this discourse disavows capitalism's deadly implications. She rejects claims that human rights are inherently tied to capitalism, liberalism, or colonialism, instead showing how human rights can be used to combat these forces. Coleman demonstrates that social justice struggles that are rooted in marginalized communities' lived experiences can reframe human rights in order to challenge oppressive power structures and offer a blueprint for constructing alternative political economies. By examining the practice of redefining human rights away from abstract universals and contextualizing them within concrete struggles for justice, Coleman reveals the transformative potential of human rights and invites readers to question and reshape dominant legal and ethical narratives.
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In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Language
English
ISBN
9781478027683
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