Human rights in a post human world: critical essays
- New Delhi -- OUP -- 2009
- xvi, 249p.
*Why social theory, especially of human rights? beyond the frames of rights weariness and wariness
*Amartya Sen and human rights
*The uncanny idea of development
*The development of the right to development
*Human rights in times of terror
*The posthuman and human rights
This book, which the author describes as a sequel to 'The Future of Human Rights', is an analysis of the state of human rights in a 'post human' and 'machinistic' world facing unprecedented security concerns, 'terrorist threats', and technoscience.
9780198061762
Human rights Democracy Law, Politics & Government Political participation