Human Rights, Security Politics and Embodiment

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This is a seminal, ground-breaking, and compelling study that is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library collections. -- Midwest The entanglements between human rights, the politics of security and embodiment are the key preoccupations of this book. It is a must-read for all who want to think more clearly about the conditionality of human rights in the world around us. With characteristic rigour and clarity, Edmunds's intervention is timely and combative. - John Solomos, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick Against the burgeoning literature on human rights, Aneira Edmunds offers a unique sociological perspective on rights, vulnerability and the body. In the process, she brings into sharp focus security, feminism, governance and post-colonialism, while exposing the "virtuous" reputation of the judicial apparatus. An indispensable guide to feminist debates about human rights and covered Muslim women. - Bryan S. Turner, Australian Catholic University