Beyond Illiberalism

Rights, Rhetoric, and Reality in a Pluralistic World

Robert Shepherd (George Washington University, USA)

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Routledge
10 March 2025

Social & political philosophy; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology; Human rights; International human rights law

Series: Routledge Studies in Political Sociology

Arguing that there has never been a consensus on which rights all people are entitled, Beyond Illiberalism: Rights, Rhetoric, and Reality in a Pluralistic World traces how the concept of human rights is tied to a global project rooted in colonialism and grounded in nineteenth-century liberalism and post-World War II social democratic principles.

This book contends that human rights are conceived, imagined, and promoted by dominant states, organizations, and activists within a specific liberal framework, and that, after more than 200 years, the dream of a universal history rooted in the worldview of G.W.F. Hegel has been displaced by the stuff of practical reality.

Robert J. Shepherd shifts our attention to rights as a matter of human practice and emphasizes the importance of the actualization of rights within local contexts, demonstrating the spuriousness of categorizing governments as ""liberal"" or ""illiberal"" based on preconceived notions of what counts as legitimate rights. This book will appeal to scholars of anthropology, sociology, socio-legal studies, and cultural studies.

By: Robert Shepherd (George Washington University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781032829241
ISBN 10: 1032829249
Series: Routledge Studies in Political Sociology
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 10 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prologue 1. Rights, Unbound 2. Human Rights and the Liberal Tradition 3. Crafting a Liberal World Order 4. The Right to Have Rights. Human Rights, Citizens, and States 5. Values, Rights, and Culture 6. Human Rights in a Post-Hegelian World Bibliography

Robert J. Shepherd is the editor of Critical Asian Studies and a research fellow at George Washington University’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies in Washington, DC. He previously served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Nepal, worked for the United Nations in China and Indonesia, and taught courses on human rights and development at George Washington University, USA.