Scrutinizing the foundations of human rights – criticisms and counter-criticisms- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt
- Details
- Masterseminar
Präsenz
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
Master, Sprache Englisch, freies Ergänzungsstudium (ansonsten nur für Studis Master Human Rights)
Time and place: Thu 10:15 - 11:45, 00.210
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Die regelmäßige Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist für alle Studierenden verpflichtend.
Der Leistungsnachweis wird über die fristgerechte Abgabe der Hausarbeit erworben.
Die Anmeldung für die Veranstaltung erfolgt über StudOn.
- Contents
- From early on, the idea of equal rights for all human beings has met with critical objections from different angles: While conservative critics have castigated the “abstractness” of cosmopolitan rights or lamented a one-sided focus on individuals, representatives of feminism or postcolonialism have pointed to male biases, Eurocentric assumptions and other “particularisms” factually interwoven in supposedly universal rights. Yet another line of criticism is driven by fear that human rights may inadvertently lead to an increasing de-politicization of public debates and a concomitant decline of democratic discourse. Moreover, in the face of the escalating climate crisis, proposals to expand the matrix of rights towards the inclusion of animals or all living beings have gained new momentum, while neo-Marxist critics question the role of human rights within a globalized world marked by economic power asymmetries. The seminar is based on the understanding that human rights can benefit from exposure to relentless criticism. At the same time, there is a need to come up with counter-criticism, including responses in support of human rights.
- Recommended literature
- Basic texts will be made available via StudOn.
- ECTS information:
- Title:
- Scrutinizing the foundations of human rights – criticisms and counter-criticisms
- Credits: 5
- Prerequisites
- Credits: examination regulations new: 5, examination regulations old: 8
- Additional information
- Expected participants: 25, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 30
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: StudOn
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2022:
- Menschenrechte (AM6b)
- Department: Institute of Political Science
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