Di che cosa parliamo quando parliamo di diritti: uguaglianza, differenze, queer

Authors

  • Carmen Dell'Aversano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13131/2611-657X.whatever.v2i1.34

Keywords:

Queer theory, Philosophy of law, Critical animal studies

Abstract

This paper presents a critique of the Enlightenment concept of rights. Based as it is on equality, it deploys the term in both a descriptive and a prescriptive way, acting as a device to exact the performance of normalcy, and to deprive anyone who proves either unwilling or unable to comply of the “right to have rights”. A queer analysis of equality shows it to be constructed collusively, through the socially shared decision not to notice a number of traits, and to concentrate instead on what two or more objects have in common despite their inevitable differences. To opt out of this collusion means to embark on a radical critique of equality as the foundation of a philosophy of law, and to replace it with a nuanced and respectful consideration of the different and incommensurable needs and vulnerabilities of all sentient beings.

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Published

2019-06-27

How to Cite

Dell’Aversano, C. (2019). Di che cosa parliamo quando parliamo di diritti: uguaglianza, differenze, queer. Whatever. A Transdisciplinary Journal of Queer Theories and Studies, 2(1), 5–26. https://doi.org/10.13131/2611-657X.whatever.v2i1.34

Issue

Vol. 2 (2019)

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