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Book SynopsisEither you are with us or you are with the Terrorists! President Bush exclaimed in a joint session of Congress ten days after the September 11 attacks. Even though the war on terrorism and the discourse surrounding it were ostensibly unleashed to protect freedom and enhance democracy, they have actually empowered authoritarian elements of state power and relegated human rights to the margins of the political arena. InFrom the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights, Neve Gordon assembles work of leading intellectuals and rights activists from around the globe. While highlighting the importance of human rights, each essay in this volume also encourages a critical perspective, stretching, as it were, the conception of human rights beyond its current borders. Whether it''s Iranian premier, Mohammad Khatami, writing on the clash of civilizations, Étienne Balibar thinking through universalism, racism, and sexism, or Ruchama Marton discussing the relation between huma
Trade ReviewThis volume, part of the series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory, assembles nine essays by leading activists on topics such as development and economic rights; globalization and the rights of stateless people; health rights, migrant workers and women's health. * National Catholic Reporter *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Human Rights as Being-Marginal in the World Chapter 2 Islam, Iran, and the Dialogue of Civilizations Chapter 3 Racism, Sexism, Universalism(s) Chapter 4 Of Despots and Banks: A Human Rights Response to Africa's Debt Crisis Chapter 5 Socio-Economic Rights, Radical Democracy and Power: South Africa as a Case Study Chapter 6 New Formulas, Old Sins: Human Rights Abuses Against Migrant Workers, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees in the Americas Chapter 7 At the Border of Rights: Migration, Sex-Work, and Trafficking Chapter 8 The Right to Madness: From Personal to Political - Psychiatry and Human Rights Chapter 9 Em-bodying Shadows: Tracing the Contours of Women's Rights to Health Chapter 10 Human Rights and Sacred Cows: Framing Violence, Disappearing Struggles
