Serena Parekh Books

The book offers a philosophical examination of the ethical considerations surrounding refugees and stateless individuals, highlighting their significant yet often overlooked political importance. It seeks to address the lack of theoretical discourse on their treatment, aiming to enrich the understanding of their rights and the moral obligations society holds towards them. Through this analysis, it invites readers to engage with the complexities of displacement and the ethical implications of global responsibility.

"Hannah Arendt and The Phenomenology of Human Rights" explores modern discussions on human rights foundations through Arendt's writings. It highlights her distinct phenomenological perspective, offering fresh insights into various challenges in human rights theory.

So Sina, like tens of thousands of others like her, paid the last of her money to smugglers and boarded a small, over-crowded boat bound for Europe in the hope of claiming asylum. When her boat capsized, as so many boats did, she became one of those refugees that people would see on the news. And for many, images of bodies like hers, drowned at sea or in overcrowded life-boats, struck a nerve. Shock often turned to horror when the images were of the bodies of young children who had drown at sea. People could no longer ignore the plight of asylum seekers and began to demand a response to this crisis. The summer of 2015 marked the beginning of the so-called European refugee crisis. While people had been entering Europe as asylum seekers for a long time, the rate intensified dramatically in 2015 when more than 1.3 million asylum seekers arrived asking for refugee status, tens of thousands more than previous years. .