Trucanini's Stare : Reconsidering Dignity in Theory and Practice
by
Susan Marks
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures
ISBN-10
1009543245
ISBN-13
9781009543248
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 29th, 2025
Print length
197 Pages
Weight
294 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Law & societyLaw and society, sociology of law
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Human dignity is a central concept in international human rights law and many national constitutions, as well as in philosophy and legal theory. This book offers a new account of dignity and its history which fundamentally challenges established approaches, and prompts fresh thinking about the concept's past, present and future.
A central concept in international human rights law and many national constitutions is human dignity. Departing from established approaches to dignity in philosophy and legal theory, Susan Marks takes dignity in everyday life ('dignified care', 'dignity in the workplace', etc.) as a starting point for reconsidering the concept's history and significance. The result is a highly original work which gives particular attention to colonial and post-colonial engagements with dignity, and emphasises the character of human dignity as not just an idea or abstract value, but also a lived experience that cannot be understood without reference to social structures and the inequalities and hierarchies they reproduce. If dignity is an attribute which all human beings possess purely by virtue of being human, Marks shows that it is also an element within the systemic operations of privilege and power.
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