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Reimagining Human Rights

Reimagining Human Rights

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In Reimagining Human Rights, William O'Neill presents an interpretation of human rights "from below," showing how victims of atrocity can embrace the rhetoric of human rights to dismantle old narratives of power and advance new ones. Topics covered include race and mass incarceration, immigration and refugee policy, and ecological responsibility.

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Preface Introduction One: Interpreting Rights I. A Genealogy of Difference II. The Rhetoric of Rights III. Conclusions Two: Justifying Rights I. The Interpretation of Ethics: Semantic Recognition II. The Interpretation of Ethics: Epistemic Recognition III. The Ethics of Interpretation: Respect IV. Ethical Reciprocity V. The Grammar of Rights VI. Aristotelian Constructivism: Autonomy and Solidarity V. ConclusionsThree: Rights and Religion I. The Ethics of Public Discourse II. Re-enchanting the Public Sphere III. The Surplus of Religious Meaning: The Theological Virtues IV. Conclusions: On Forgiveness after Mass Atrocity Four: Applying Human Rights I. Comparative Assessments II. Realizations: Concrete Applications: Race and Mass Incarceration, Migration and Refugee Policy, Ecological Responsibility Conclusion Bibliography About the Author

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