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Human Rights and the Care of the Self
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Product Details
Author:
Alexandre Lefebvre
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
264
Publisher:
Duke University Press (May 10, 2018)
Imprint:
Duke University Press
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9780822371311
ISBN-10:
0822371316
Weight:
11.2oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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List Price:
$34.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Case Pack:
26
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Pub Discount:
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Overview
When we think of human rights we assume that they are meant to protect people from serious social, legal, and political abuses and to advance global justice. In Human Rights and the Care of the Self Alexandre Lefebvre turns this assumption on its head, showing how the value of human rights also lies in enabling ethical practices of self-transformation. Drawing on Foucault's notion of "care of the self," Lefebvre turns to some of the most celebrated authors and activists in the history of human rights–such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Henri Bergson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles Malik–to discover a vision of human rights as a tool for individuals to work on, improve, and transform themselves for their own sake. This new perspective allows us to appreciate a crucial dimension of human rights, one that can help us to care for ourselves in light of pressing social and psychological problems, such as loneliness, fear, hatred, patriarchy, meaninglessness, boredom, and indignity.
