The Rights of Others: Aliens, Residents, and Citizens (The Seeley Lectures)

265 Pages·2004·1.27 MB·English

by  Seyla Benhabib

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TheRightsofOthers
TheRightsofOthersexaminestheboundariesofpolitical
communitybyfocusingonpoliticalmembership–theprinciples
andpracticesforincorporatingaliensandstrangers,immigrants
andnewcomers,refugeesandasylumseekers,intoexistingpolities.
Boundariesdefinesomeasmembers,othersasaliens.Butwhen
statesovereigntyisbecomingfrayed,andnationalcitizenshipis
unraveling,definitionsofpoliticalmembershipbecomemuchless
clear.Indeed,fewissuesinworldpoliticstodayaremoreimportant,
ormoretroubling.InherSeeleyLectures,thedistinguished
politicaltheoristSeylaBenhabibmakesapowerfulplea,echoing
ImmanuelKant,formoraluniversalismandcosmopolitan
federalism.Sheadvocatesnotopenbutporousboundaries,
recognizingnotonlytheadmittancerightsofrefugeesandasylum
seekers,butalsotheregulatoryrightsofdemocracies.TheRightsof
Othersisamajorinterventionincontemporarypoliticaltheory,of
interesttolargenumbersofstudentsandspecialistsinpolitics,law,
philosophy,andinternationalrelations.
seyla benhabibisoneoftheleadingpoliticaltheoristsinthe
worldtodayandEugeneMeyerProfessorofPoliticalScienceand
PhilosophyatYaleUniversity.

TheJohnRobertSeeleyLectureshavebeenestablishedbytheUniversity
ofCambridgeasabienniallectureseriesinsocialandpoliticalstudies,
sponsoredjointlybytheFacultyofHistoryandCambridgeUniversity
Press.TheSeeleyLecturesprovideauniqueforumfordistinguished
scholarsofinternationalreputationtoaddress,inanaccessiblemanner,
themesofbroadandtopicalinterestinsocialandpoliticalstudies.
SubsequenttotheirpublicdeliveryinCambridgetheUniversityPress
publishessuitablymodifiedversionsofeachsetsoflectures.Professor
JamesTullydeliveredtheinauguralseriesofSeeleyLecturesin1994on
thethemeofConstitutionalisminanAgeofDiversity.
TheSeeleyLecturesinclude
(1) StrangeMultiplicity:ConstitutionalisminanAgeofDiversity
james tully
isbn0521471176(hardback)0521476941(paperback)
(2) TheDignityofLegislation
jeremy waldron
isbn0521650925(hardback)0521658837(paperback)
(3) WomanandHumanDevelopment:TheCapabilitiesApproach
martha nussbaum
isbn0521660866(hardback)
(4) Value,RespectandAttachment
joseph raz
isbn052180180x(hardback)052100022x(paperback)
(5) TheRightsofOthers:Aliens,Residents,andCitizens
seyla benhabib
isbn0521831342(hardback)0521538602(paperback)

THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS
Aliens, Residents, and Citizens
SEYLA BENHABIB
YaleUniversity
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