Defensive relativism: universalism, sovereignty, and the postcolonial predicament
Cowell, Frederick (2014) Defensive relativism: universalism, sovereignty, and the postcolonial predicament. In: Dahwan, N. (ed.) Decolonizing Enlightenment: Transnational Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in a Postcolonial World. Politik und Geschlecht 24. Leverkusen, Germany: Budrich Press, pp. 261-275. ISBN 9783847400561.
Abstract
Book synopsis: Do norms of justice, human rights and democracy enable disenfranchised communities? Or do they simply reinforce relations of domination between those who are constituted as dispensers of justice, rights and aid, and those who are coded as receivers? Critical race theorists, feminists and queer and postcolonial theorists confront these questions and offer critical perspectives.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | postcolonialism, feminist studies, transnational justice, cosmopolitanism |
School: | School of Law > Law |
Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2016 11:51 |
Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2022 15:38 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/14589 |
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