An Analysis of Seyla Benhabib's The Rights of Others

Download or read book An Analysis of Seyla Benhabib's The Rights of Others written by Burcu Ozcelik and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Rights of Others, Benhabib argues that the transnational movement of people across the globe has brought to the fore fundamental dilemmas facing liberal democracies: tension between a state’s commitment to universal human rights, and to its sovereign self-determination and its claims to regulate its national borders on the other. Re-conceptualises the boundaries of political membership in liberal democracies instead proposing ‘porous’ borders rather than open ones and a right to ‘just membership,’ advocating cosmopolitan federalism in the tradition of Kant. Banhabib’s work goes to the heart of key issues faced in a world of forced displacement, Brexit, and increased protectionism.