Title Human rights, Islam and the failure of cosmopolitanism / June Edmunds

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (174 pages) Series Routledge advances in sociology ; 220 Routledge advances in sociology ; 220. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Human rights as a 'cosmopolitan moment' -- 3. Post-national theory, citizenship and human rights -- 4. The rise of human rights activism -- 5. Litigating for human rights -- 6. European immigration, asylum and the myth of cosmopolitanism -- 7. From cosmopolitanism to securitization -- 8. Conclusion Summary "Cosmopolitanism, as an intellectual and political project, has failed. The portrayal of human rights, especially European, as evidence of cosmopolitanism in practice is misguided. Cosmopolitan theorists point to the rise of claims-making to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) among Europe's Muslims to protect their right to religious freedom, mainly concerning the hijab, as evidence of cosmopolitan justice. However, the outcomes of such claims-making show that far from signifying a cosmopolitan moment, European human rights law has failed Europe's Muslims. Human Rights, Islam and the Failure of Cosmopolitanism provides an empirical examination of claims-making and government policy in Western Europe focusing mainly on developments in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. A consideration of public debates and European law of conduct in the public sphere shows that cosmopolitan optimism has misjudged the magnitude of the impact claims-making among Europe's Muslims. To overcome this cul-de-sac, European Muslims should turn to a new 'politics of rights' to pursue their right to religious expression. This eye-opening book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying subjects such as Sociology, Human Rights, Minority Rights, Cosmopolitanism and Ethnic and Racial Studies"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Human rights -- Europe, Western Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe, Western Muslims -- Civil rights -- Europe, Western Cosmopolitanism -- Europe, Western Freedom of religion -- Europe, Western POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Cosmopolitanism Freedom of religion Human rights Muslims -- Civil rights Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. Western Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317612407 131761240X 9781351579261 1351579266 9781317612391 1317612396 9781315750521 131575052X

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