Costas Douzinas is Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London. His work delves into the profound connections between law, philosophy, and politics. Douzinas focuses on themes such as justice, human rights, and the nature of power. His legal analyses are often imbued with philosophical and literary influences, offering readers fresh perspectives on legal and political systems.
Focusing on the legacy and current significance of human rights, the author, a prominent scholar in legal theory, engages with critical international issues. This work offers a thoughtful examination of radical theory and politics, making it a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse surrounding human rights in today's context.
Critical Legal Thought at the Turn of the Century
This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape.
A discussion of the diverse relationships between law and the artistic image. Topics addressed in the book include the history of the relationship between art and law, the ways in which the visual is made subject to the force of the law, and the relations between law, the image and identity.
This provocative, engaging and insightful text is essential anyone seeking an alternative account of the jurisprudential tradition.
Do not be afraid, join us, come back! You’ve had your anti-communist fun, and you are pardoned for it—time to get serious once again!—Slavoj Žižek Responding to Alain Badiou’s ‘communist hypothesis’, the leading political philosophers of the Left convened in London in 2009 to take part in a landmark conference to discuss the perpetual, persistent notion that, in a truly emancipated society, all things should be owned in common. This volume brings together their discussions on the philosophical and political import of the communist idea, highlighting both its continuing significance and the need to reconfigure the concept within a world marked by havoc and crisis.
Human rights have emerged as a central theme in post-1989 society, influencing morals, politics, and identity formation. They serve as a vital framework for individuals and communities, becoming the dominant ideology in a world perceived to have moved beyond traditional ideologies. This shift highlights their significance as enduring values in contemporary life, shaping social interactions and collective narratives in the aftermath of historical transformations.
Amid the turmoil of economic crisis, Greece has become the first European experiment of left rule in a sea of neoliberalism.
Die Europäische Union und der Internationale Währungsfonds wollten Griechenland als Versuchslabor für kapitalistisches Kri- senmanagement nutzen. Aber der vielfältige Widerstand mach- te aus dem Objekt des Experiments ein politisches Subjekt und durchkreuzte die Pläne der Eliten. Die Demokratie, ihre Idee und ihre Grenzen werden nun an ihrer Wiege, in Griechenland, neu erfunden. Costas Douzinas erörtert die globale Krise und das Recht auf Wi- derstand, ergründet neoliberale Biopolitik und direkte Demo- kratie. Er beleuchtet auch die Verantwortung der Intellektuellen und die Poesie der Multitude. Am Beispiel Griechenlands zeigt der in London lehrende Jurist, wie radikal die weltweit anhal- tende Welle von Protesten, Aufständen und Revolutionen die politische Landschaft verändert hat. Diese Entwicklung ist das jüngste Beispiel für die ewige Wiederkehr des Widerstands, die- ses beständigen und bestechenden Merkmals des menschlichen Geistes. 'Dieses Buch handelt nicht von dem exotischen Beispiel Griechenland. Es ist ein Buch über uns alle. Deshalb sollten wir alle es lesen!' Slavoj Žižek