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| Title | : | Surrendering to Utopia: An Anthropology of Human Rights (Stanford Studies in Human Rights) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804762139 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
"Good read" according to W.E.S.. Arrived on time and in the condition we expected. It is being used as a text book for and anthropology major.
"Surrendering to Utopia offers a direct reflection on how anthropology only recently came to terms with human rights and their universalistic claims while the book simultaneously outlines the field's numerous theoretical and methodological challenges. Its message is that anthropology can and should have important roles in how human rights are developed and struggles over culture framed."—Freek van der Vet, Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Among others, it examines the link between anthropology and the emergence of "neoliberal" human rights, explores the claim that anthropology has played an important role in legitimizing these rights, and gauges whether or not this is evidence of anthropology's potential to transform human rights theory and practice more generally.. Providing a unique window into the underlying political and intellectual currents that have shaped human rights in the postwar period, this ambitious work opens up new opportunities for research, analysis, and political action. At the book's core, the author describes a "well-tempered human rights"—an orientation to human rights in the twenty-first century that is shaped by a sense of humility, an appreciation for the disorienting fact of multiplicity, and a willingness to make the mundaneness of social practice a source of ethical inspiration.In examining the curious history of anthropology's engagement with human rights, this book moves
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