The Right to Have Rights

Verso has published an elegant little book of essays by four academics who endeavored not only to unpack the phrase but also to find interpretations that can inform and inspire resistance to the current worldwide assault on human rights. – Masha Gessen * The New Yorker *

STEPHANIE DEGOOYER is assistant professor inthe Department of English at Willamette University. Herwork focuses on the intersection between law, politics, and aesthetics.ALASTAIR HUNT is associate professor in the Department of English at Portland State University. His current book project is called Rights of Romanticism.SAMUEL MOYN is professor of law and history at Harvard University. He is the author of Human Rights and the Uses of History, Christian Human Rights, and other books.LIDA MAXWELL is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College.ASTRA TAYLOR is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and activist. Her films include Examined Life, and her books include The People’s Platform.