Human Rights Without Humanism
Why does Foucault—an avowed anti-humanist—turn to “rights” in his later works?
Tag: liberalism
The End of An Illusion
Economic theory is deeply theological; to imagine otherwise makes it a dangerous knowledge.
Human Rights: A Fragile Hegemony
Human rights, as popularly conceived, have a troubling genealogy. By Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Ferguson Syllabus
A lesson from tragedy: Why citizenship does not remedy racial inequality. A popular refrain from protesters in Ferguson. The death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Missouri police officer in Ferguson just over two weeks ago has reinvigorated a contentious national conversation about …
The Unholy Trinity of the French Enlightenment
How mystics, radicals, and philosophers shared heretical views of the self in 18th-century France. A Q&A with CHARLY COLEMAN The traditional consensus on the Enlightenment describes a compellingly simple narrative. It portrays humankind’s emergence from the shadows of blind faith and self-denial to its discovery …
