Humiliation, degradation, dehumanization human dignity violated /
Degradation, dehumanization, instrumentalization, humiliation, and nonrecognition - these concepts point to ways in which we understand human beings to be violated in their dignity. Violations of human dignity are brought about by concrete practices and conditions; some commonly acknowledged, such a...
| Other Authors: | Kaufmann, Paulus,, Kuch, Hannes, 1978-, Neuhäuser, Christian,, Webster, Elaine,, SpringerLink (Online Service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
2011.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Library of ethics and applied philosophy ;
v. 24. |
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Table of Contents:
- Human dignity violated : a negative approach.
- Introduction /
- Paulus Kaufmann, Hannes Kuch, Christian Neuhäuser and Elaine Webster
- Three crucial turns on the road to an adequate understanding of human dignity /
- Ralf Stoecker
- Part I.
- Conceptions and theories.
- Humiliation : the collective dimension /
- Christian Neuhäuser
- The rituality of humiliation : exploring symbolic vulnerability /
- Hannes Kuch
- Instrumentalization : what does it mean to use a person? /
- Paulus Kaufmann
- Degradation :t a human rights law perspective /
- Elaine Webster
- Dehumanization : perceiving the body as (in)human /
- Sophie Oliver
- Part II.
- Practices of violating human dignity.
- Torture /
- Andreas Maier
- Rape /
- Ivana Radačić
- Social exclusion /
- Steffen K. Herrmann
- Absolute poverty /
- Peter Schaber
- Relative poverty /
- Julia Müller and Christian Neuhäuser
- Labor exploitation /
- Kirsteen Shields
- Bonded labor /
- Tamara Enhuber
- Part III.
- Conclusions for a positive account of human dignity.
- Human dignity and human rights /
- Marcus Düwell
- Dignity and preservation of personhood /
- Samuel J. Kerstein
- Embodied self-respect and the fragility of human dignity : a human rights approach /
- Arnd Pollmann.