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Human rights --- Political science --- Political philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Bergson, Henri, --- Political and social views. --- Bergson, Henri --- Bergson, Henri Louis, --- Bergson, Anri, --- Bergson, Enrico, --- Berŭgŭsong, --- Berxon, --- Bergson, Henry, --- Bergson, Henryk, --- Berŭgŭsong, Angri, --- Bergson, Enrique, --- Bergson, H. --- Bogesen, Hengli, --- בערגסאן, אנרי --- בערגסאן, אנרי, --- ברגדון, אנרי, --- ברגסון, הנרי --- ברגסון, הנרי,

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When we think of human rights we assume that they are meant to protect people from serious social, legal, and political abuses and to advance global justice. In Human Rights and the Care of the Self Alexandre Lefebvre turns this assumption on its head, showing how the value of human rights also lies in enabling ethical practices of self-transformation. Drawing on Foucault's notion of "care of the self," Lefebvre turns to some of the most celebrated authors and activists in the history of human rights–such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Henri Bergson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles Malik–to discover a vision of human rights as a tool for individuals to work on, improve, and transform themselves for their own sake. This new perspective allows us to appreciate a crucial dimension of human rights, one that can help us to care for ourselves in light of pressing social and psychological problems, such as loneliness, fear, hatred, patriarchy, meaninglessness, boredom, and indignity.

Humanistic ethics. --- Human rights --- Humanism --- Self-realization --- Self-actualization (Psychology) --- Philosophy. --- Social aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects.

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When we think of human rights we assume that they are meant to protect people from serious social, legal, and political abuses and to advance global justice. In Human Rights and the Care of the Self Alexandre Lefebvre turns this assumption on its head, showing how the value of human rights also lies in enabling ethical practices of self-transformation. Drawing on Foucault's notion of "care of the self," Lefebvre turns to some of the most celebrated authors and activists in the history of human rights–such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Henri Bergson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles Malik–to discover a vision of human rights as a tool for individuals to work on, improve, and transform themselves for their own sake. This new perspective allows us to appreciate a crucial dimension of human rights, one that can help us to care for ourselves in light of pressing social and psychological problems, such as loneliness, fear, hatred, patriarchy, meaninglessness, boredom, and indignity.

Humanistic ethics --- Human rights --- Humanism --- Self-realization --- Self-actualization (Psychology) --- Philosophy --- Social aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects

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The Subject of Human Rights is the first book to systematically address the "human" part of "human rights." Drawing on the finest thinking in political theory, cultural studies, history, law, anthropology, and literary studies, this volume examines how human rights—as discourse, law, and practice—shape how we understand humanity and human beings. It asks how the humanness that the human rights idea seeks to protect and promote is experienced. The essays in this volume consider how human rights norms and practices affect the way we relate to ourselves, to other people, and to the nonhuman world. They investigate what kinds of institutions and actors are subjected to human rights and are charged with respecting their demands and realizing their aspirations. And they explore how human rights shape and even create the very subjects they seek to protect. Through critical reflection on these issues, The Subject of Human Rights suggests ways in which we might reimagine the relationship between human rights and subjectivity with a view to benefiting human rights and subjects alike.

Human Rights --- Human rights --- Subject (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Human rights - Philosophy --- Human rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Philosophy. --- Law and legislation --- autonomy. --- education. --- humanism. --- humanity. --- subjectification. --- the subject. --- universalism.

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