Description
The fatal embrace of human rights and neoliberalism Drawing on detailed archival research on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the place of human rights in neoliberal attempts to develop a moral framework for a market society. In the wake of the Second World War, neoliberals saw demands for new rights to social welfare and self-determination as threats to "civilisation". Yet, rather than rejecting rights, they developed a distinctive account of human rights as tools to depoliticise civil society, protect private investments and shape liberal subjects.
Author: Jessica Whyte
Publisher: Verso
Published: 11/05/2019
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781786633118
ISBN10: 1786633116
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
Author: Jessica Whyte
Publisher: Verso
Published: 11/05/2019
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781786633118
ISBN10: 1786633116
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
About the Author
Jessica Whyte is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Catastrophe and Redemption: The Political Thought of Giorgio Agamben.