Against human rights

Authors

  • Slavoj Žižek University of Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2010v15n1p11

Keywords:

Human Rights, Universality, Liberal-capitalism

Abstract

Alibi for militarist interventions, sacralization for the tyranny of the market, ideological foundation for the fundamentalism of the politically correct: can the ‘symbolic fiction’ of universal rights be recuperated for the progressive politicization of actual socio-economic relations?

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Author Biography

Slavoj Žižek, University of Ljubljana

Researcher at the University of Ljubljana.

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Published

2010-07-15

How to Cite

ŽIŽEK, Slavoj. Against human rights. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 11–29, 2010. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2010v15n1p11. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/6541. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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