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Disability and the Right to Have Rights

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: A major debate over human rights discourse concerns whether human rights should be guaranteed by the nation-state based on citizenship or whether they should be guaranteed internationally on the basis of the status of the rights-bearing person as human. This essay intervenes in this debate, via an analysis of Hannah Arendt's idea of the right to have rights, to argue that disability, as a critical indicator of universal human frailty, should provide the basis for international human rights.

Source: Disability Studies Quarterly

DOI: 10.18061/dsq.v27i1/2.13

Author: Tobin Siebers

Language: English

Topic: Disability Rights and Representation

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1673064516

FWCI: 2.738

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Cited by: 23

Related to: 10