CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Rammohan, Viswesh |
|---|---|
| Title | Rethinking Rights Beyond Liberalism: A Radical Democratic Critique of Liberal Rights |
| Summary | The rise of ‘illiberal’ regimes and their corresponding leaders globally, have brought to the forefront the centrality and importance of the meaning of rights. Given the importance and significance of a rights-based discourse in contemporary political discourse, the aim of the thesis to offer a coherent criticism of the liberal conceptualization of rights by using the framework of radical democratic theories. A fundamental consideration for the thesis while doing this, is to not completely disregard or do away with a rights-based discourse. Instead, the thesis hypothesizes that the liberal understanding of rights has limitations of applicability and that there is a need for a reformulation of rights which does not solely base itself on liberalism. Using the criticism offered against liberal rights by radical democratic theories, the thesis makes a positive argument to reformulate a rights-based discourse in the light of the newer forms of claim-making that are occurring globally. |
| Supervisor | Dimitrijevic, Nenad |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/rammohan_viswesh.pdf |
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