What is left from the Enlightenment? The Post-colonial critique of human rights

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1517-0128.v43i1p131-144

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human rights, postcolonial studies, justice, slavery, colonization

Abstract

Tradução do artigo original em francês do texto SPECTOR, Céline. “Que reste-ildeslumières? Les droits de l’homme à l’épreuve des études postcoloniales”. Lumières, n. 32, Controverses sur les Lumières 2, pp. 45-60, 2019.

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Author Biographies

  • Céline Spector, Sorbonne Université

    Professora de filosofia política na Unidade de Formação e Pesquisa de Filosofia da Sorbonne. Seus trabalhos dedicam-se à Filosofia das Luzes e à sua herança contemporânea. Ela é autora de Eloges de l’injustice. La philosophie face à la déraison (Paris: Seuil, 2016); Rousseau et la critique de l’économie politique (Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2017); Rousseau (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2019). Autora do artigo original em francês “Que reste-ildeslumières? Les droits de l’homme à l’épreuve des études postcoloniales”. Lumières, n. 32, Controverses sur les Lumières 2, pp. 45-60, 2019.

  • Martha Gabrielly Coletto Costa, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

    Doutora em filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo e professora de filosofia no Instituto Federal Fluminense em Campos de Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro. Tradutora deste texto.

     

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2024-07-08

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Spector, C. (2024). What is left from the Enlightenment? The Post-colonial critique of human rights (M. G. C. . Costa , Trans.). Cadernos De Ética E Filosofia Política, 43(1), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1517-0128.v43i1p131-144