Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewIn this book, López proposes the ‘political imaginary’ model as a tool to better understand what human rights are in practice, and what they might, or might not, be able to achieve. Human rights are conceptualised as assemblages of relatively stable, but not unchanging, historically situated, and socially embedded practices. Drawing on an emerging iconoclastic historiography of human rights, the author provides a sympathetic yet critical overview of the field of the sociology of human rights. The book addresses debates regarding sociology’s relationships to human rights, the strengths and limits of the notion of practice, human rights’ affinity to postnational citizenship and cosmopolitism, and human rights’ curious, yet fateful, entanglement with the law. Human Rights as Political Imaginary will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, international relations and criminology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: José Julián LópezPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.633kg ISBN: 9783030089528ISBN 10: 3030089525 Pages: 475 Publication Date: 12 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction.2. Human Rights as Political Imaginary.3. Sociological Foundations for Human Rights?.4. Humanizing the Citizen.5. Beyond Human Rights Law Naïveté.6. Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationJosé Julián López is Professor at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
