Writing Beyond the State Post-Sovereign Approaches to Human Rights in Literary Studies

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Synopsis

This book investigates the imaginative capacities of literature, art and culture as sites for reimagining human rights, addressing deep historical and structural forms of belonging and unbelonging; the rise of xenophobia, neoliberal governance, and securitization that result in the purposeful precaritization of marginalized populations; ecological damage that threatens us all, yet the burdens of which are distributed unequally; and the possibility of decolonial and posthuman approaches to rights discourses. The book starts from the premise that there are deep-seated limits to the political possibilities of state and individual sovereignty in terms of protecting human rights around the world. The essays explore how different forms, materials, perspectives, and aesthetics can help reveal the limits of normative human rights and contribute to the cultural production of new human rights imaginaries beyond the borders of state and self. 

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2020
Series:
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Human Rights
Author:
Alexandra S. Moore, Samantha Pinto
ISBN:
9783030344566
Related ISBNs:
9783030344559
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-03-15
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2020
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Social Studies