• Theoretically sophisticated and thoughtful analysis of the sociology of human rights, based on critical reading of a wide number of scholars- Questions rather than reproduces mainstream sociological conceptions of human rights - Conceptualizes human rights as a political imaginary rather than as a moral ideal, a global ethic, or an emerging international legal standard.

Autorentext

José Julián López is Professor at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Human Rights as Political Imaginary.- 3. Sociological Foundations for Human Rights?.- 4. Humanizing the Citizen.- 5. Beyond Human Rights Law Naïveté.- 6. Conclusion.