Theorising the Right to Be Political in Motion: khôra as Condition of Possibility
The most rightful aspect of being human is our movement. Yet, while the spatialised orders of modern human rights regimes frustrate recognition of this fact, we do not theorise rights with any greater universality via concepts of time. Both spatial and temporal descriptions overlook how human rights...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de los Andes
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Colombia Internacional |
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| Online Access: | https://appsciso.uniandes.edu.co/pfaciso/colinter/view_s.php/9283/index.php?id=9283 |
| Summary: | The most rightful aspect of being human is our movement. Yet, while the spatialised orders of modern human rights regimes frustrate recognition of this fact, we do not theorise rights with any greater universality via concepts of time. Both spatial and temporal descriptions overlook how human rights must be thought of through the specificity of human movement itself. Through a critical analysis of the concept of khôra from Plato’s Timaeus, I suggest a way of reading the politics of human rights in these terms. And I propose a rethinking of fundamental human rights through the right to be political in motion. |
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| ISSN: | 0121-5612 1900-6004 |