Rethinking human rights

Stullerova, Kamila

doi:10.1057/ip.2013.22

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“…Arguing earlier that Shklar's cosmopolitanism 'emphasize [d] global commitments out of reasons that were strategic and precautionary as much as they are moral', I qualified it 'chastened'. 80 In the light of the present discussion it is right to ask whether the term cosmopolitanism should be applied to Shklar at all. Writing before cosmopolitanism became fashionable in globally-oriented political theorising, she was not partial to the term.…”

Section: From Montesquieu To Global Political Theorymentioning

confidence: 91%

Thoughts on War: The Other Pillar of Judith Shklar’s Global Political Theory

Stullerova

2020

Global Intellectual History

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The article reconstructs Shklar's thoughts on war. It argues that these thoughts constitute a crucial pillar of her political theory. Of particular significance is the interpretation of her book Legalism, where Shklar criticised efforts to streamline the complex issue of the causes of war into a simple theory of power and aggression, and her work on Montesquieu, which ultimately allowed her to link thoughts on war and extraordinary cruelty to her interest in cruelty as an ordinary vice. In this way, the article answers the question about the relationship between Shklar's explicit cosmopolitanism and her negative political theory. It demonstrates that her thoughts on war were politically cosmopolitan, while allowing her to eschew the type of global ethics that underwrites just war theorising, she was critical of. The article makes a case for considering Shklar's work as a contribution to Global Political Theory, calling for the latter to look beyond the just war tradition to pursue its interests in both theoretical prescription and political reality. This because Shklar's thoughts on war successfully combined empirical analysis of world affairs with normative dismissal of human actions that place others in situations of existential fear.

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Section: From Montesquieu To Global Political Theorymentioning

confidence: 91%

Thoughts on War: The Other Pillar of Judith Shklar’s Global Political Theory

Stullerova

2020

Global Intellectual History

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“…Stanley Hoffmann argues that patriotism in global affairs must be mediated by Shklar’s emphasis on the empathy of the victims (Hoffmann, 2004: 1031). More recently, Kamila Stullerova contends that “attentiveness to suffering can invigorate human rights … when justifications for human rights face frequent challenge,” and that “Shklar’s ideas sit much more comfortably with present international political theory” (Stullerova, 2013: 686–687). These interpretations are based on the fact that international politics today constantly engenders cruelty, suffering, and fear.…”

Section: Historical Methods and The Limits Of Shklar’s Liberalismmentioning

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Historical memory, democratic citizenship, and political theory: Reconstructing a historical method in Judith Shklar’s writings

Luo

2021

European Journal of Political Theory

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Judith Shklar has been invoked by contemporary realists as an example of how history is a better source of political knowledge than abstract philosophy. This emphasis on history challenges the predominant understanding of her political theory that stresses the universality of fear of cruelty. This contrast between history and moral universalism invites a serious investigation of Shklar's historical method. This article takes up this task by reconstructing a Shklarian historical method based on a tripartite relation between historical memory, democratic citizenship, and historically minded political theory. This reconstructed historical method challenges the boundaries of Shklar's liberalism and broadens the possibilities that her political theory can offer.

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“…This is because we do not have complete understanding of the facts of life as lived by others, especially when it comes to the perceptions and causes of their suffering. Instead of letting people suffer until such knowledge is established, Shklar proposes to act on what I call ‘borrowed knowledge’ (Stullerova, 2013: 693). For instance, she champions human rights, the purpose of which is to judge and act in situations where there are signs of human suffering, without instantly necessitating a reliable reportage, description and evaluation of the situation.…”

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Embracing ontological doubt: The role of ‘reality’ in political realism

Stullerova

2016

Journal of International Political Theory

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While a number of scholars argue that classical realism is conspicuously similar to critical international relations, this article takes an issue with such an interpretation. It does not challenge the observation that both approaches are comparable when it comes to ethical concerns and a related critique of modernity, but it puts forth an argument that they differ fundamentally when it comes to their basic intellectual motivation and purpose. This also makes classical realism more ready to formulate normative judgment. To articulate what provides for the ethical impetus in classical realism, the study turns to the work of Stephen Turner and his collaborators who illuminate Weberian sources of classical realist social science. Adopting the category of analyticism from Patrick Jackson, it further puts forth that normative judgment is linked to classical realism's inherent ontological doubt, a feature it compensates for by focusing on epistemology necessitating constant engagement with empirical reality as a source of its (weak) ontological orientation. As a result, classical realism is reinforced here as an approach to international relations worth reviving and further developing.

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Rethinking human rights

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Thoughts on War: The Other Pillar of Judith Shklar’s Global Political Theory

Thoughts on War: The Other Pillar of Judith Shklar’s Global Political Theory

Historical memory, democratic citizenship, and political theory: Reconstructing a historical method in Judith Shklar’s writings

Embracing ontological doubt: The role of ‘reality’ in political realism

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