The Aporia of Rights : Explorations in Citizenship in the Era of Human Rights

__The Aporia of Rights__ is an exploration of the perplexities of human rights, and their inevitable and important intersection with the idea of citizenship. Written by political theorists and philosophers, essays canvass the complexities involved in any consideration of rights at this time. Yeatman and Birmingham show through this collection of works a space fora vital engagement with the politics of human rights. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Contributors Acknowledgments 1 Introduction to the Aporia of Rights: Explorations in Citizenship in the Era of Human Rights 2 “Perplexities of the Rights of Man”: Arendt on the Aporias of Human Rights Aporetic thinking: Methodological orientations of Arendt’s critique “Perplexities of the Rights of Man” Aporias of human rights: Recapturing equivocalities and contingencies Conclusion: Human rights and aporetic critique Notes 3 The Multivocity of Human Rights Discourse I II III IV V Notes 4 Neither Here nor There: The Conceptual Paradoxes of Immigrant and Asylee Resistance Introduction: Neither here nor there Conceptual considerations: The citizenship-migration nexus NonCitizen forms of resistance: Asylum-seeker identity destruction in Europe Enlisting countries of origin in antideportation resistance Conclusion: Rights, recognition, and the “Space Between” Notes 5 Acts of Emancipation: Marx, Bauer, and “The Jewish Question” Introduction Marx versus Bauer Specters of Marx Conclusion 6 Must Democratic Rights Serve the Rights-Bearer? The Right to Vote of People with Severe Cognitive Impairments Introduction The interest of individuals and the right to vote Political interests and the right to vote From individual to collective interests Concluding remarks Case law cited Notes 7 Performing Human Rights: The Meaning of Rights in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Contextualizing the appearance of the AICHR Making rights claims Rights and trumps The paradox of institutionalization Performative excess and institutional refusal 8 The Politics of Indigenous Human Rights in the Era of Settler State Citizenship: Legacies of the Nexus between Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Citizenship Introduction Human rights and the constitution of new sovereignties The nexus of sovereignty, collective violation, and human rights of indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples’ negotiation of the human rights system in the postcolonial context Notes 9 Revolutionary Declarations: The State of Right and the Right of Opposition State of right and the right of opposition Aporia of human rights: Between Arendt and Lefort Conclusion: The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10 Humanizing Militarism: Amnesty International and the Tactical Polyvalence of Human Rights Discourses The polyvalence of human rights Depoliticizing war Greater and lesser evils? Conclusion: Smart power and the military-humanitarian complex Notes 11 Rival Doctrines—the Politics of Human Rights Introduction The first doctrine of human rights: Antistatist, antisovereignty, and antipolitics The second doctrine of human rights: A shared civil condition that sovereignty makes possible The relational nature of sovereignty The politics of human rights Notes 12 Afterword–A Double Aporia: Citizenship, Sovereignty, and Resistance in the Era of Human Rights The aporia of state sovereignty and the sovereign-citizen The aporia of human rights: Community and civility Bibliography Index Machine generated contents note: Contributors AcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introduction Anna Yeatman Chapter 2 "Perplexities of the Rights of Man": Arendt on the Aporias of Human Rights Ayten Gündogdu Chapter 3 The Multivocity of Human Rights Discourse Jeff MalpasChapter 4 Neither Here Nor There: The Conceptual Paradoxes of Immigrant and Asylee Resistance Robert W. GloverChapter 5 Acts of Emancipation: Marx, Bauer, and "The Jewish Question" Charles BarbourChapter 6 Must democratic rights serve the rights-bearer? The right to vote of people with severe cognitive impairments Ludvig BeckmanChapter 7 Performing Human Rights: the meaning of rights in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Anthony J. LangloisChapter 8 The politics of indigenous human rights in the era of settler state citizenship: Legacies of the nexus between sovereignty, human rights and citizenship Danielle CelermajerChapter 9 Revolutionary Declarations: The State of Right and the Right of Opposition Peg BirminghamChapter 10 Humanising Militarism: Amnesty International and the Tactical Polyvalence of Human Rights Discourses Jessica WhyteChapter 11 Rival Doctrines - the politics of human rights Anna YeatmanChapter 12 Afterword Peg BirminghamConsolidated BibliographyIndex. La 4e de couv. indique : "The Aporia of Rights is an exploration of the perplexities of human rights, and their inevitable and important intersection with the idea of citizenship. Written by political theorists and philosophers, essays canvass the complexities involved in any consideration of rights at this time. Yeatman and Birmingham show through this collection of works a space for a vital engagement with the politics of human rights." "The Aporia of Rights is an exploration of the perplexities of human rights, and their inevitable and important intersection with the idea of citizenship. Written by political theorists and philosophers, essays canvass the complexities involved in any consideration of rights at this time. Yeatman and Birmingham show through this collection of works a space fora vital engagement with the politics of human rights"-- Provided by publisher