Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights

This book explores the complex concept of dignity and its application across various disciplines, emphasizing its significance in human rights discussions.

This timely collection brings together a diverse array of leading contributors to offer an interdisciplinary investigation into a discourse, research, and action agenda aimed at the universal application of human dignity. The concept of dignity is essential to discussions of human rights, and to truly understand what dignity means, we must confront a series of challenging questions that require input from various disciplines. How is human dignity protected and maintained in a rapidly changing world? What rights and responsibilities accompany the notion of dignity? Which beliefs, discourses, individuals, and institutions pose threats to its global application or hinder its reach across different categories? Furthermore, how is awareness of the importance of dignity evolving worldwide?

In this collection, contributors from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds address these pressing questions and explore the multifaceted nature of dignity. They identify challenges and opportunities within research, policy, education, religion, international law, social discourse, and media, aiming to define, broaden, and protect human dignity in both public and private spheres. Additionally, they highlight the necessity of reconstituting existing discourses on dignity to better align with the intellectual, moral, emotional, and spiritual dimensions that shape human lives.

Ultimately, this book gestures toward a framework that ensures every individual can enjoy the conditions necessary to realize their full human potential. For its rigorous interdisciplinary inquiry and practical implications, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights is essential reading for researchers and students engaged in international relations, legal studies, philosophy, peace and conflict studies, as well as human rights and humanitarian law.