The politics of the human

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The politics of the human

Anne Phillips

(The John Robert Seeley lectures, 9)

Cambridge University Press, 2015

  • : pbk
  • : hardback

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

The human is a central reference point for human rights. But who or what is that human? And given its long history of exclusiveness, when so many of those now recognised as human were denied the name, how much confidence can we attach to the term? This book works towards a sense of the human that does without substantive accounts of 'humanity' while also avoiding their opposite - the contentless versions that deny important differences such as race, gender and sexuality. Drawing inspiration from Hannah Arendt's anti-foundationalism, Phillips rejects the idea of 'humanness' as grounded in essential characteristics we can be shown to share. She stresses instead the human as claim and commitment, as enactment and politics of equality. In doing so, she engages with a range of contemporary debates on human dignity, humanism, and post-humanism, and argues that none of these is necessary to a strong politics of the human.

目次

  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. The politics of the human
  • 2. Humans, with content and without
  • 3. On not justifying equality: Rorty and Arendt
  • 4. Dignity and equality
  • 5. Humanism and post-humanism
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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