Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics

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Anne Brown M. Anne Brown

Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering

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The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics

Anne Brown, M. Anne Brown, Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet , Bethan Hirst

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Manchester University Press
01 April 2010

Human rights

Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis

This book, newly available in paperback, argues for greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion, and in so doing brings some new understanding to old debates. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architecture of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering. Seen in this context, the predominant Western models of rights generate a substantial but also problematic and not always emancipatory array of practices. These models are far from answering the questions about the nature of political community that are raised by the systemic infliction of suffering. Rather than a simple message from 'us' to 'them', then, rights promotion is a long and difficult conversation about the relationship between political organisations and suffering.

Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen Square massacre, East Timor's violent modern history and the circumstances of indigenous Australians. The purpose of these discussions is not to elaborate on a new theory of rights, but to work towards rights practices that are more responsive to the spectrum of injury that we inflict and endure.

The book is a valuable and innovative contribution to rights debates for students of international politics, political theory, and conflict resolution, as well as for those engaged in the pursuit of human rights. -- .

By: Anne Brown, M. Anne Brown
Series edited by: Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet
Other: Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780719063930
ISBN 10: 0719063930
Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 April 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface The Question of Human Rights 1. Opening up conceptions of rights 2. The contruction of human rights: dominant approaches 3. The pursuit of grounds Case studies 4. China - the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 5. East Timor 6. The status of indigenous Australians 7. Conclusion Index -- .

Anne Brown is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Queensland where she is part of an interdisciplinary team working on emerging issues in conflict resolution