The effluent eye narratives for decolonial right-making
"The Effluent Eye argues for the decolonization of human rights, attributing their failure not simply to state and institutional malfeasance but to the very concept of human rights as anthropocentric-and, therefore, fatally shortsighted. Combining witnessed experience with an array of decolonia...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press
[2024]
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799135306719 |
| Sumario: | "The Effluent Eye argues for the decolonization of human rights, attributing their failure not simply to state and institutional malfeasance but to the very concept of human rights as anthropocentric-and, therefore, fatally shortsighted. Combining witnessed experience with an array of decolonial texts, Rosemary J. Jolly argues that the granting of "rights" to individuals is meaningless in a world compromised by pollution, poverty, and successive pandemics"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (254 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452970691 |
