Relational Self and Human Rights
This book takes up Paul Ricoeur’s relational idea of the self in order to rethink the basis of human rights.
Many schools of critical theory argue that the idea of human rights is based on a problematic conception of the human subject and the legal person. For liberals, the human is a possessive and self-interested individual, such that others are either tools or hurdles in their projects. This bo...
This book takes up Paul Ricoeur’s relational idea of the self in order to rethink the basis of human rights.
Many schools of critical theory argue that the idea of human rights is based on a problematic conception of the human subject and the legal person. For liberals, the human is a possessive and self-interested individual, such that others are either tools or hurdles in their projects. This bo...
