Ayten Gündogdu

Rightlessness in an Age of Rights

Hannah Arendt and the Contemporary Struggles of Migrants

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rightlessness in an Age of Rights offers a critical inquiry of human rights by rethinking the key concepts and arguments of twentieth-century political theorist Hannah Arendt. At the heart of this critical inquiry are the challenging questions posed by the contemporary struggles of asylum-seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780199370429
• ISBN-10: 0199370427
• Artikelnr.: 47870458

Autorenporträt

Ayten Gundogdu is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College-Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Human Rights across Borders
Chapter 1: Perplexities of Human Rights
Chapter 2: Human Rights as Politics and Anti-politics
Chapter 3: Borders of Personhood
Chapter 4: Expulsion from Politics and Humanity
Chapter 5: Declarations of A Right to Have Rights
Conclusion: The Struggle Remains Undecided
Notes
Bibliography
Index