Bøger af Seyla Benhabib

Bu kitap, soylem etigi ve iletisimsel rasyonaliteye dayanan bir teori uzerinden, modern dunyayi sekillendiren daha genis toplumsal donusumler cercevesinde insan haklari felsefesi ve politikasini tartisiyor. Uluslararasi insan haklarinin, neoliberal imparatorlugun dunya hâkimiyeti siarina indirgenmesine ya da muhafazakâr bakis acisiyla yasal kozmopolitligin demokratik ozerklige saldiri olarak gorulmesine karsi cikan seyla Benhabib, bu antitezlerin otesine gecebilmek icin iki temel kavram one suruyor. Uluslararasi insan haklari normlarinin "demokratik yineleme" surecleriyle baglama oturtulmasi gerektigini; dahasi, bu normlarin, toplumsal ve siyasi mucadele alanlarina yeni aktorlerin girmesini saglayan "hukuk yaratici gucu" oldugunu soyluyor. Turkce basima yazdigi onsozun de bulundugu bu kitabinda Benhabib, kuresel kapitalizmin egemenligi, vatandasligi ve hukuku nasil donusturdugunu, soykirimdan, Almanya, Fransa ve Turkiye'de turban meselesi vakalarina uzanan cesitli orneklere bakarak irdeliyor, yeni kozmopolit insan haklari normlarinin yukselisinde onemli bir firsat goruyor.

Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, 'Situating the Self' argues that a non-relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of our humanity, is still a philosophically viable project.

The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work.

Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice - norms which are difficult for some to accept as legitimate since they are in conflict with democratic ideals.

This volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the US, discussing the key questions facing contemporary feminist theory, responding to each other, and distinguishing their views from others.