The Work of Global Justice: Human Rights as Practices (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

Human Rights Have Been Generally Understood As Juridical Products, Organizational Outcomes Or Abstract Principles That Are Realized Through Formal Means Such As Passing Laws, Creating Institutions Or Formulating Ideals. In This Book, Fuyuki Kurasawa Argues That We Must Reverse This 'top-down' Focus By Examining How Groups And Persons Struggling Against Global Injustices Construct And Enact Human Rights Through Five Transnational Forms Of Ethico-political Practice: Bearing Witness, Forgiveness, Foresight, Aid And Solidarity. From These, He Develops A New Perspective Highlighting The Difficult Social Labour That Constitutes The Substance Of What Global Justice Is And Ought To Be, Thereby Reframing The Terms Of Debates About Human Rights And Providing The Outlines Of A Critical Cosmopolitanism Centred Around Emancipatory Struggles For An Alternative Globalization.--jacket. Introduction: Theorizing The Work Of Global Justice -- A Message In A Bottle: On Bearing Witness -- The Healing Of Wounds: On Forgiveness -- Cautionary Tales: On Foresight -- The Stranger's Keeper: On Aid -- Cosmopolitanism From Below: On Solidarity -- Conclusion: Enacting A Critical Cosmopolitanism. Fuyuki Kurasawa. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211-229) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 5 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Dedication......Page 9 Contents......Page 11 Figures......Page 12 Preface......Page 13 Setting the scene......Page 19 Mapping the intellectual terrain......Page 22 A critical theory of global justice......Page 26 The enactment of global justice......Page 29 A constellation of practices......Page 34 Introduction......Page 41 The significance of bearing witness......Page 44 Theorizing the work of bearing witness......Page 46 Speaking out: confronting the abyss of silence......Page 51 The threat of incomprehension and the labour of interpretation......Page 53 Indifference and the cultivation of empathy......Page 58 Forgetting and the duty of memory......Page 65 Never again: parrying the return of evil......Page 68 Conclusion......Page 71 Introduction......Page 74 Forgiveness as an ideal and a practice......Page 79 Reconstructing the past and the temptations of amnesia......Page 85 Are all guilty, or is anyone responsible?......Page 92 The search for justice: neither impunity nor vigilantism......Page 98 Reconciliation: breaking the vicious circle of vengeance......Page 104 Conclusion......Page 109 Introduction......Page 112 The cradle of prevention......Page 118 The aptitude for early warning......Page 123 Cultivating a farsighted cosmopolitanism......Page 127 Toward an autonomous future......Page 134 Conclusion......Page 140 Introduction......Page 144 The scourge of HIV/AIDS......Page 151 Status asymmetries and the possibility of reciprocity......Page 153 Aid and the construction of egalitarian cooperation......Page 157 Global apartheid or structural transformation of the world order?......Page 163 Conclusion......Page 172 Introduction......Page 175 The limits of cosmopolitanism from above......Page 180 Assimilationism and the recognition of pluralism......Page 188 Splinters or webs?......Page 193 The lived culture of an alternative globalization......Page 200 Conclusion......Page 208 Toward a substantive conception of global justice......Page 212 Against human rights blackmail......Page 218 The labour of critical cosmopolitanism......Page 223 References......Page 229 Index......Page 248 Cover 1 Half-title 3 Series-title 5 Title 7 Copyright 8 Dedication 9 Contents 11 Figures 12 Preface 13 Introduction: Theorizing the work of global justice 19 Setting the scene 19 Mapping the intellectual terrain 22 A critical theory of global justice 26 The enactment of global justice 29 A constellation of practices 34 1 A message in a bottle: on bearing witness 41 Introduction 41 The significance of bearing witness 44 Theorizing the work of bearing witness 46 Speaking out: confronting the abyss of silence 51 The threat of incomprehension and the labour of interpretation 53 Indifference and the cultivation of empathy 58 Forgetting and the duty of memory 65 Never again: parrying the return of evil 68 Conclusion 71 2 The healing of wounds: on forgiveness 74 Introduction 74 Forgiveness as an ideal and a practice 79 Reconstructing the past and the temptations of amnesia 85 Are all guilty, or is anyone responsible? 92 The search for justice: neither impunity nor vigilantism 98 Reconciliation: breaking the vicious circle of vengeance 104 Conclusion 109 3 Cautionary tales: on foresight 112 Introduction 112 The cradle of prevention 118 The aptitude for early warning 123 Cultivating a farsighted cosmopolitanism 127 Toward an autonomous future 134 Conclusion 140 4 The stranger’s keeper: on aid 144 Introduction 144 The scourge of HIV/AIDS 151 Status asymmetries and the possibility of reciprocity 153 Aid and the construction of egalitarian cooperation 157 Global apartheid or structural transformation of the world order? 163 Conclusion 172 5 Cosmopolitanism from below: on solidarity 175 Introduction 175 The limits of cosmopolitanism from above 180 Assimilationism and the recognition of pluralism 188 Splinters or webs? 193 The lived culture of an alternative globalization 200 Conclusion 208 Conclusion: Enacting a critical cosmopolitanism 212 Toward a substantive conception of global justice 212 Against human rights blackmail 218 The labour of critical cosmopolitanism 223 References 229 Index 248 Develops a new perspective from which to think about human rights and global justice