Democratizar la dignidad. Estudios sobre dignidad humana y derechos. Serie intermedia de teoría jurídica N.° 22


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Ningún otro concepto del vocabulario jurídico-político, presente desde la primera ética cristiana, ha tenido un resurgimiento contemporáneo tan intenso como la dignidad humana. Sin embargo, no contamos con una definición canónica o más o menos incontrovertible que esclarezca su contenido normativo y sus implicaciones prácticas. La obra de Waldron, aunque prolífica en la materia, se condensa fundamentalmente en este libro, que desarrolla su original concepción de la dignidad humana: un concepto moral que implica un estatus jurídico, político y social de alto rango que debe reconocérsele a toda persona independientemente de razones pragmáticas o consecuencialistas. En su versión contemporánea, se origina en la democratización del elevado estatus social que antes se reservaba solo a aquellos nacidos en contextos privilegiados por la noble ascendencia. La particularidad de su propuesta radica en avanzar hacia las formas como la dignidad opera, en tanto concepto jurídico, desde la jurisprudencia y no solo desde la elevada abstracción filosófica. A partir de ahí se determinan su naturaleza, contenido y sus relaciones con otros conceptos, como autonomía. Esta primera antología de los principales trabajos de Waldron sobre un concepto medular del constitucionalismo contemporáneo, como dignidad humana, es de gran relevancia para la teoría política y la dogmática jurídica en los países de habla hispana. La dignidad es el fundamento de igual consideración y respeto, así como de los valores que, en una sociedad pluralista, luchamos constantemente por resguardar.




Epistemologies of the South


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This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. She contends that today it is imperative to recover and valorize the epistemological diversity of the world. Epistemologies of the South outlines a new kind of bottom-up cosmopolitanism, in which conviviality, solidarity and life triumph against the logic of market-ridden greed and individualism.




Territory


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This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term "territory" in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine. A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term "territory". Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands of research in the field. Addresses specific areas including interpretations of territorial structures; the relationship between territoriality and scale; the validity and fluidity of territory; and the practical, social processes associated with territorial re-configurations. Stresses that our understanding of territory is inseparable from our understanding of power. Uses Israel/Palestine as an extended illustrative case study. The author’s strong legal and geographical background gives the work an authoritative perspective.




Pima Bajo


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Memory Against Culture


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Recent essays by prominent anthropologist on questions of time, memory, and ethnography.




Social and Solidarity Economy


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As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual', we know far less about whether it can really move beyond its fringe status in many countries and regions. Under what conditions can social and solidarity economy scale up and scale out - that is, expand in terms of the growth of social and solidarity economy organizations and enterprises, or spread horizontally within given territories? Bringing together leading researchers, blending theoretical and empirical analysis, and drawing on experiences and case studies from multiple countries and regions, this volume addresses these questions. In so doing, it aims to inform a broad constituency of development actors, including scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers.




Knowledges Born in the Struggle


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In a world overwhelmingly unjust and seemingly deprived of alternatives, this book claims that the alternatives can be found among us. These alternatives are, however, discredited or made invisible by the dominant ways of knowing. Rather than alternatives, therefore, we need an alternative way of thinking of alternatives. Such an alternative way of thinking lies in the knowledges born in the struggles against capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, the three main forms of modern domination. In their immense diversity, such ways of knowing constitute the Global South as an epistemic subject. The epistemologies of the South are guided by the idea that another world is possible and urgently needed; they emerge both in the geographical north and in the geographical south whenever collectives of people fight against modern domination. Learning from and with the epistemic South suggests that the alternative to a general theory is the promotion of an ecology of knowledges based on intercultural and interpolitical translation.




The Washington Consensus Reconsidered


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This volume brings together many of the leading international figures in development studies, such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Paul Krugman, Dani Rodrik, Joseph Stiglitz, Daniel Cohen, Olivier Blanchard, Deepak Nayyar and John Williamson to reconsider and propose alternative development policies to the Washington Consensus. Covering a wide range of issues from macro-stabilization to trade and the future of global governance, this important volume makes a real contribution to this important and ongoing debate. The volume begins by introducing the Washington Consensus, discussing how it was originally formulated, what it left out, and how it was later interpreted, and sets the stage for a formulation of a new development framework in the post-Washington Consensus era. It then goes on to analyze and offer differing perspectives and potential solutions to a number of key development issues, some which were addressed by the Washington Consensus and others which were not. The volume concludes by looking toward formulating new policy frameworks and offers possible reforms to the current system of global governance.




Another Knowledge Is Possible


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This is the third volume of the series Reinventing Social Emancipation: Towards New Manifestoes. Another Knowledge Is Possible explores the struggles against moral and cultural imperialism and neoliberal globalization that have taken place over the past few decades, and the alternatives that have emerged in countries throughout the developing world from Brazil and Colombia, to India, South Africa and Mozambique. In particular it looks at the issue of biodiversity, the confrontation between scientific and non-scientific knowledges, and the increasing difficulty experienced by great numbers of people in accessing information and scientific-technological knowledge.




Tocqueville


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In the first full-scale biography of Tocqueville after his death. Andre Jardin condensed the vast array of information on this intriguing figure into an indispensable resource. Tocqueville: A Biography provides an insightful account that explores the complex factors that shaped Tocqueville's writing, opinions, political career, and personal life. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.