We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better society, and specifically those that have done so under the banner of human rights. It discusses the challenges to human rights arising from religious movements and political theologies that claim the presence of religion in the public sphere. Increasingly globalized, such movements and the theologies sustaining them promote discourses of human dignity that rival, and often contradict, the one underlying secular human rights.
Conventional or hegemonic human rights thinking lacks the necessary theoretical and analytical tools to position itself in relation to such movements and theologies; even worse, it does not understand the importance of doing so. It applies the same abstract recipe across the board, hoping that thereby the nature of alternative discourses and ideologies will be reduced to local specificities with no impact on the universal canon of human rights. As this strategy proves increasingly lacking, this book aims to demonstrate that only a counter-hegemonic conception of human rights can adequately face such challenges.
Автор: Santos Boaventura De SousaНазвание: If God Were a Human Rights ActivistISBN: 0804795002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804795005 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)Рейтинг: Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better society, and specifically those that have done so under the banner of human rights. It discusses the challenges to human rights arising from religious movements and political theologies that claim the presence of religion in the public sphere. Increasingly globalized, such movements and the theologies sustaining them promote discourses of human dignity that rival, and often contradict, the one underlying secular human rights. Conventional or hegemonic human rights thinking lacks the necessary theoretical and analytical tools to position itself in relation to such movements and theologies; even worse, it does not understand the importance of doing so. It applies the same abstract recipe across the board, hoping that thereby the nature of alternative discourses and ideologies will be reduced to local specificities with no impact on the universal canon of human rights. As this strategy proves increasingly lacking, this book aims to demonstrate that only a counter-hegemonic conception of human rights can adequately face such challenges.
Автор: Santos Boaventura De SousaНазвание: The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the SouthISBN: 1478000155 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781478000150 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)Рейтинг: Цена: 25870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: In The End of the Cognitive Empire Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought. As a collection of knowledges born of and anchored in the experiences of marginalized peoples who actively resist capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, epistemologies of the South represent those forms of knowledge that are generally discredited, erased, and ignored by dominant cultures of the global North. Noting the declining efficacy of established social and political solutions to combat inequality and discrimination, Santos suggests that global justice can only come about through an epistemological shift that guarantees cognitive justice. Such a shift would create new, alternative strategies for political mobilization and activism and give oppressed social groups the means through which to represent the world as their own and in their own terms.
Автор: Galaxie Art, Boaventura Pedro, Www Artgalaxie ComНазвание: Masters of Painting Art Book - Volume I by Pedro Boaventura - Art GalaxieISBN: 9892075498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789892075495 Издательство: НеизвестноЦена: 80080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: An extraordinary book for artists, galleries and art lovers 46 exceptional artists with over 300 amazing artworks An elegant hardcover book containing 198 pages that are guaranteed to inspire you Creative writing that will help to better perceive the whole process of painting A powerful tool that will help you develop several techniques of observation An essential compendium that sums up exceptional Contemporary Art A masterpiece that is truly a master's piece Masters of Painting reveals new horizons and trends within Contemporary Painting, diving deeply, through several layers and techniques, understanding how the magic happens, decoding a series of codes and messages present in the painting and that sometimes go unnoticed. The stimulating and creative writing by Pedro Boaventura makes us surpass the borders of the artwork, allowing us to enter the artists' mind and the choices made along the entire creative process. On of the most fascinating things about this book is that we cease to be mere spectators or art admirers. The reader will be provided with valuable tips that are fundamental in the projection and analysis of any artwork. FEATURED ARTISTS: - Andres Rueda - Arina Gordienko - Bjorn Richter - Carlos Bahamon - De Es - Eelco Maan - Fabio Hurtado - Ginette Beaulieu - Graeme Balchin - Hernan Munoz - Jacques Robert - Jan Min - Jan Teunissen - Javier Arizabalo - Jerome Oudot Trez - Joe Esposito - Johannes Wessmark - Jolanda Richter - Jose Parra - Kofi Agorsor - Leslie Ditto - Leszek Piotrowski - Leszek Sokol - Lluis Ribas - Maina Boniface - Mark Cross - Menunana - Michael Cheval - Nicoletta Tomas - Nihal Kececi - Oleg Shupliak - Omar Ortiz - Pablo Solari - Paul Arts - Paul Dmoch - Paul P. Smith - Peter Gric - Petraq Pecani - Severine Pineaux - Slavko Krunic - Steve Zolin - Sue Averell - Sylvia Nitti - Wu Kuan-Te - Zil Hoque - Zoltan Molnos
A masterpiece that is truly a master's piece Masters of Painting reveals new horizons and trends within Contemporary Painting, diving deeply, through several layers and techniques, understanding how the magic happens, decoding a series of codes and messages present in the painting and that sometimes go unnoticed. The stimulating and creative writing by Pedro Boaventura makes us surpass the borders of the artwork, allowing us to enter the artists' mind and the choices made along the entire creative process. On of the most fascinating things about this book is that we cease to be mere spectators or art admirers. The reader will be provided with valuable tips that are fundamental in the projection and analysis of any artwork. FEATURED ARTISTS: - Andres Rueda - Arina Gordienko - Bjorn Richter - Carlos Bahamon - De Es - Eelco Maan - Fabio Hurtado - Ginette Beaulieu - Graeme Balchin - Hernan Munoz - Jacques Robert - Jan Min - Jan Teunissen - Javier Arizabalo - Jerome Oudot Trez - Joe Esposito - Johannes Wessmark - Jolanda Richter - Jose Parra - Kofi Agorsor - Leslie Ditto - Leszek Piotrowski - Leszek Sokol - Lluis Ribas - Maina Boniface - Mark Cross - Menunana - Michael Cheval - Nicoletta Tomas - Nihal Kececi - Oleg Shupliak - Omar Ortiz - Pablo Solari - Paul Arts - Paul Dmoch - Paul P. Smith - Peter Gric - Petraq Pecani - Severine Pineaux - Slavko Krunic - Steve Zolin - Sue Averell - Sylvia Nitti - Wu Kuan-Te - Zil Hoque - Zoltan Molnos
Автор: Santos, Boaventura De Sousa.Название: Epistemologies Of The SouthISBN: 1612055443 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612055442 Издательство: Taylor&FrancisРейтинг: Цена: 193950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: In a world of appalling social inequalities people are becoming more aware of the multiple dimensions of injustice, whether social, political, cultural, sexual, ethnic, religious, historical, or ecological. Rarely acknowledged is another vital dimension: cognitive injustice, the failure to recognize the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. This book shows why cognitive injustice underlies all the other dimensions; global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos's argument unfolds in two inquiries. No matter how internally diverse, Western Modernity provided the knowledge underlying the long cycle of colonialism followed by global capitalism. These historical processes profoundly devalued and marginalized the knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. Today, working against epistemicide is imperative in order to recover and valorize the epistemological diversity of the world. Such recovery and valorization is the book's second inquiry and is based on four key analytical tools: sociology of absences, sociology of emergences, ecology of knowledges, and intercultural translation. The transformation of the world's epistemological diversity into an empowering instrument against hegemonic globalization points to a new kind of bottom-up cosmopolitanism. It would promote a wide conversation of humankind, celebrating conviviality, solidarity, and life against the logic of market-ridden greed and individualism and the destruction of life to which world populations large and small are condemned by the dominant forces of globalization.
