Table of Contents

Introduction: Bringing the Subject of Human Rights into Focus
 —Danielle Celermajer and Alexandre Lefebvre
1. The Relational Self As the Subject of Human Rights
 —Jennifer Nedelsky
2. The Misbegotten Monad: Anthropology, Human Rights, Belonging
 —Mark Goodale
3. "Are Women Animals?": The Rise and Rise of (Animal) Rights
 —Joanna Bourke
4. Indigenous Peoples As the Subject of Human Rights
 —Danielle Celermajer and Michael Dodson
5. "Escaped": Gendered Precarity and Human Rights Recognition
 —Wendy S. Hesford
6. Training Subjects for Human Rights
 —Danielle Celermajer
7. Who Deserves Inalienable Rights?: The Subjectivity of Violent State Officials and the Implications for Human Rights Protection
 —Rachel Wahl
8. Human Rights As Therapy: The Healing Paradigms of Transitional Justice
 —Ronald Niezen
9. Cinematic Aesthetics and the Subjects of Human Rights: On Eliane Caffé's Era o Hotel Cambridge
 —Andrew C. Rajca
10. Human Rights As Spiritual Exercises
 —Alexandre Lefebvre
11. The Child Subject of Human Rights
 —Linde Lindkvist
12. The Secular Subject of Human Rights
 —Jenna Reinbold
13. The Subject of Human Rights: An Interview with Samuel Moyn
 —Samuel Moyn and Alexandre Lefebvre

About the Author

Danielle Celermajer is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. Alexandre Lefebvre is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney.

Reviews

"Returning the 'human' to human rights, The Subject of Human Rights is a path-breaking, multi-disciplinary exploration of selfhood and subjecthood. An indispensable rethinking of the field of contemporary human rights studies."—James Loeffler, University of Virginia

"This book challenges familiar paradigms for theorizing and contesting the universality of the subject of human rights. The authors extend our critical gaze to the subjectivities shaped by human rights values, to those who implement them, and to us all as addressees of the call to live our lives accordingly."—Dianne Otto, Melbourne Law School

"Celermajer and Lefebvre bring together an impressive interdisciplinary cast of cutting-edge thinkers to interrogate the subject of human rights. This thoughtful book offers refreshing perspectives on current human rights debates and points to numerous intriguing alternative futures for the human rights project."—William Paul Simmons, University of Arizona

"In The Subject of Human Rights, a diverse group of outstanding scholars reflect on the meaning of the "human" in human rights, shedding light on the current status and direction of the field. An essential contribution to the literature."—Ruti Teitel, New York Law School