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The Colonialism of Human Rights

- Ongoing Hypocrisies of Western Liberalism
Af: Colin Samson Engelsk Hardback

The Colonialism of Human Rights

- Ongoing Hypocrisies of Western Liberalism
Af: Colin Samson Engelsk Hardback
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Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?This trenchant book brings human rights into conversation with the histories and afterlives of Western colonialism and slavery. Colin Samson examines the paradox that the nations that credit themselves with formulating universal human rights were colonial powers, settler colonists and sponsors of enslavement. Samson points out that many liberal theorists supported colonialism and slavery, and how this illiberalism plays out today in selective, often racist processes of recognition and enforcement of human rights. To reveal the continuities between colonial histories and contemporary events, Samson connects British, French and American colonial theories and practice to the notion of non-universal human rights. Vivid illustrations and case studies of racial exceptions to human rights are drawn from the afterlives of the enslaved and colonized, as well as recent events such as American police killings of black people, the treatment of Algerian harkis in France, the Windrush scandal in Britain and the militarized suppression of the Standing Rock Water Protectors movement. Advocating for reparative justice and indigenizing law, Samson argues that such events are not a failure of liberalism so much as an inbuilt racial dynamic of it.
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Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?This trenchant book brings human rights into conversation with the histories and afterlives of Western colonialism and slavery. Colin Samson examines the paradox that the nations that credit themselves with formulating universal human rights were colonial powers, settler colonists and sponsors of enslavement. Samson points out that many liberal theorists supported colonialism and slavery, and how this illiberalism plays out today in selective, often racist processes of recognition and enforcement of human rights. To reveal the continuities between colonial histories and contemporary events, Samson connects British, French and American colonial theories and practice to the notion of non-universal human rights. Vivid illustrations and case studies of racial exceptions to human rights are drawn from the afterlives of the enslaved and colonized, as well as recent events such as American police killings of black people, the treatment of Algerian harkis in France, the Windrush scandal in Britain and the militarized suppression of the Standing Rock Water Protectors movement. Advocating for reparative justice and indigenizing law, Samson argues that such events are not a failure of liberalism so much as an inbuilt racial dynamic of it.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781509529971
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1509529977
Kategori: Politik og regering
Udg. Dato: 17 jul 2020
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 158mm
Forlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Oplagsdato: 17 jul 2020
Forfatter(e): Colin Samson
Forfatter(e) Colin Samson

Kategori Politik og regering

ISBN-13 9781509529971

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 234mm

Højde 158mm

Udg. Dato 17 jul 2020

Oplagsdato 17 jul 2020

Forlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd