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Joyful Human Rights (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) by William Paul Simmons; Semere Kesete; University of Pennsylvania. Press is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Joyful Human Rights (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) about?
In popular, legal, and academic discourses, the term "human rights" is now almost always discussed in relation to its opposite: human rights abuses. Syllabi, textbooks, and articles focus largely on victimization and trauma, with scarcely a mention of a positive dimension. Joy, especially, is often discounted and disregarded. William Paul Simmons asserts that there is a time and place—and necessity—in human rights work for being joyful. Joyful Human Rights leads us to challenge human rights' foundations afresh. Focusing on joy shifts the way we view victims, perpetrators, activists, and martyrs; and mitigates our propensity to express paternalistic or heroic attitudes toward human rights victims. Victims experience joy—indeed, it is often what sustains them and, in many cases, what best facilitates their recovery from trauma. Instead of reducing individuals merely to victim status or the tragedies they have experienced, human rights workers can help harmed individuals reclaim their full humanity, which includes positive emotions such as joy. A joy-centered approach provides new insights into foundational human rights issues such as motivations of perpetrators , trauma and survivor
Who reads Joyful Human Rights (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- William Paul Simmons; Semere Kesete; University of Pennsylvania. Press
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812295740
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Anthropology, Government & Politics
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