The politics of the human / Anne Phillips.

"The human is a central reference point for human rights. But who or what is that human? And given its long history of exclusiveness, when so many of those now recognised as human were denied the name, how much confidence can we attach to the term? This book works towards a sense of the human that d...

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Uniform Title:John Robert Seeley lectures ; 9.
Main Author: Phillips, Anne, 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:John Robert Seeley lectures ; 9.
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Physical Description:viii, 150 pages ; 22 cm.
Format: Book

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