Human Rights Discourse in the Post-9/11 Age (Hardcover, 2019)

1. Introduction: Reading Rights Discourse in a Transnational Economy Human Rights Discourse in Our Time Constructing Human Rights Discourse Human Rights Discourse and Wealth Accumulation Overview of the Argument 2. Historicizing Rights Discourse Post-9/11 Introduction Decolonization and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Fetishizing the Politics of Development in the Declarations of the 1990s The Post-9/11 Landscape of Rights: A Critical Consideration Neoliberalism and Rights Discourse 3. Workers' Rights, Exploitation, and the Transactional Moment Introduction Oppression and Exploitation: Some Differences Marx's Analysis of the Injustice of Wage Labor Unsettling the Morality of Rights and Regulations Conclusion 4. Gender Rights and the Politics of Empowerment Introduction Empowerment and Neoliberalism NGOs and the Construction of "Civil Society" Microcredit: Empowerment and Debt Nirantar, Gender Rights, and the Challenges of Transformative Work Conclusion 5. "Tomorrow There Will Be More of Us: Rights Discourse, The State, and Toxic Capitalism in Indra Sinha's Animal's People Introduction The State and the Struggle for Rights Contextualizing Animal's People in Neoliberal Times The Bhopal Disaster and its Aftermath Literature and the Language of Human Rights "Hope is Not a Fiction": Interrogating Rights Discourse in Indra Sinha's Animal's People Conclusion 6. Refugees' Rights: Capital, Oscar Martinez's The Beast , Gianfranco Rosi's Fuocoammare , and the "Problem" of the Surplus Population Introduction Seeking Refuge in a Global Context Oscar Martinez's The Beast: Inciting Rage, Generating Respect "Beyond the Reach of Political Discourse": Gianfranco Rosi's Fuocoammare The "Problem" of the Surplus Population Designating "Crisis," Fixing Borders Conclusion Chapter 7/Conclusion