Wronging Rights? : Philosophical Challenges for Human Rights (Hardcover)

Introduction 1. Which Critique of Human Rights? Alex Cistelecan Part One: Post-colonial Perspectives 2. Human Rights in the 21st Century: Take a Walk on the Dark Side Ratna Kapur 3. Critiquing Rights: The Politics of Identity and Difference Upendra Baxi 4. Righting Wrongs Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Part Two: An American Interlude 5. Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality Richard Rorty 6. ‘The Most We Can Hope For . . .’: Human Rights and the Politics of Fatalism Wendy Brown Part Three: Post-Althusserian Perspectives 7. Against Human Rights Slavoj ?i?ek 8. Who is the Subject of the Rights of Man? Jacques Ranciere9. Conclusion: Wronging Rights? Re-evaluating the Alternatives Aakash Singh Rathore. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors.Index.