ETH230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eleanor Roosevelt, Neoliberalism, Social Capital
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Du bois" version of human rights decolonization & voting rights. Increased pressure for social & economic rights ex. Vision of politicalized human rights called for maximal human changes. To press for this version of human rights would put yourself at great risk. Organize w/ workers, black people could be expected to be targeted by terrorist organizations. Didn"t catch on at un freeing political prisoners, etc. Amnesty international"s version of human rights entails not torturing individuals, Calls for minimal political change not shift in justice system or economic order. Just send letter to congress person, member of parliament relatively. Vision is less, demand is less, risk is less. Ethical turn in human rights what should not be violated normatively, how people should be treated. Often miss larger questions about how resources are extracted & distributed around the world, who does the labour, etc. Human rights as ethics amnesty international. Politics always already conditions what human rights are/come to be.
