{"product_id":"human-rights-and-the-care-of-the-self-paperback","title":"Human Rights and the Care of the Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandre Lefebvre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003ci\u003eHuman Rights and the Care of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandre Lefebvre is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney; coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHenri Bergson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBergson, Politics, and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Duke University Press; and author of \u003ci\u003eHuman Rights as a Way of Life: On Bergson's Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Image of Law: Deleuze, Bergson, Spinoza\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715303141683,"sku":"9780822371311","price":63.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QndDdnBXNXNuZXdBMDRXMStQUnIvQT09.webp?v=1763600392","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/human-rights-and-the-care-of-the-self-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}