{"product_id":"human-dignity-and-political-criticism-hardback-9781108832021","title":"Human Dignity and Political Criticism (Hardback) 9781108832021","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHuman Dignity and Political Criticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat human dignity matters politically is widely affirmed, yet how it matters remains unresolved. This book aims to settle that question.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Bird (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108832021, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Human Dignity and Political Criticism offers a fresh, insightful, and provocative approach to the topic of human dignity and its place in political philosophy.' Rachel Bayefsky, The Review of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMany, including Marx, Rawls, and the contemporary 'Black Lives Matter' movement, embrace the ambition to secure terms of co-existence in which the worth of people's lives becomes a lived reality rather than an empty boast. This book asks whether, as some believe, the philosophical idea of human dignity can help achieve that ambition. Offering a new fourfold typology of dignity concepts, Colin Bird argues that human dignity can perform this role only if certain traditional ways of conceiving it are abandoned. Accordingly, Bird rejects the idea that human dignity refers to the inherent worth or status of individuals, and instead reinterprets it as a social relation, constituted by affects of respect and the modes of mutual attention which they generate. What emerges is a new vision of human dignity as a vital political value, and an arresting vindication of its role as an agent of critical reflection on politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Contours of Dignitarian Humanism: 1. The tribunal of human dignity\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some remarks on method\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pressure points\u003cbr\u003e 4. Four concepts of dignity\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity: 5. The inherent dignity of the person\u003cbr\u003e 6. The inner ocean\u003cbr\u003e 7. Passport-dignity\u003cbr\u003e Part III. A Revisionist Approach: 8. Dignity-revisionism: Challenges and opportunities\u003cbr\u003e 9. Commercial and human economies\u003cbr\u003e 10. Marx on value and valorization\u003cbr\u003e 11. Love and respect: Attentional currencies\u003cbr\u003e 12. Attentional precedence\u003cbr\u003e 13. Human dignity\u003cbr\u003e 14. After respect\u003cbr\u003e 15. Human dignity and political criticism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005422424344,"sku":"9781108832021","price":71.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108832021i.jpg?v=1696727098","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/human-dignity-and-political-criticism-hardback-9781108832021","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}