After rights? Politics, ethics, aesthetics: an introduction.

The article "After rights? Politics, ethics, aesthetics: an introduction" published in the International Journal of Human Rights explores the complexities of human rights in the aftermath of disposability and abandonment. The authors and contributors critically examine the limitations of liberal rights frameworks and question the effectiveness of human rights in addressing issues of abandonment, precarity, and debility. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the article delves into the implications of thinking 'after rights' and calls for a radical reimagining of human rights beyond traditional frameworks. The contributors highlight the need to reconfigure the understanding of rights, engage in reparative practices, and envision alternative futures that go 'after rights' while acknowledging the ongoing struggles and complexities of the present. [Extracted from the article]