Download This PaperTowards a New Sociology of Human Rights? A Review Essay on Hans Joas' Sacredness of the Person
iCourts Working Paper Series, No 43 2016
Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, 7:2 (2016), Forthcoming
29 Pages Posted: 9 Feb 2016 Last revised: 12 Apr 2017
Date Written: February 9, 2016
Abstract
While disciplines such as law and history have now developed distinct sub-fields of human rights research, sociology only more recently started developing a clear research agenda with regard to human rights. The work that is at the center of this article, sociologist Hans Joas' book "The Sacredness of the Person," is an important addition to the new sociological research into human rights. In this essay, we outline the key thesis underlying the book, namely the social process of sacralization of human personhood and discuss it against advances in the sociology of human rights, notably the sociology of law, and recent historical scholarship on human rights.
Keywords: Human Rights, Sociology, History, International Law, Hans Joas, Transnational Society
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Mikael Madsen (Contact Author)
University of Copenhagen - iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts ( email )
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law ( email )
Studiestraede 6
Studiestrade 6
Copenhagen, DK-1455
Denmark
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