Human rights in a posthuman world : critical essays /

This book, which the author describes as a sequel to 'The Future of Human Rights', is an analysis of the state of human rights in a 'post human' and 'machinistic' world facing unprecedented security concerns, 'terrorist threats', and technoscience.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baxi, Upendra
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:	Oxford India paperbacks.
Subjects:	Human rights. Democracy. Political participation. Human Rights Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Participation politique. Law, Politics & Government. Human Rights. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Why social theory, especially of human rights? beyond the frames of rights weariness and wariness
Amartya Sen and human rights
The uncanny idea of development
The development of the right to development
Human rights in times of terror
The posthuman and human rights.