Tag: western

Human Rights: A Fragile Hegemony

Human rights, as popularly conceived, have a troubling genealogy. By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

The Headscarf Debates Rage On

Perhaps no other single article of clothing has generated so much debate in recent years, as the Islamic headscarf. These simple, seemingly innocuous garments have become a symbol of larger debates about the belonging of immigrants and the actively religious in Europe and North America.