Language Rights as Collective Rights: Some Conceptual Considerations on Language Rights

Res Publica. Murcia 27:109-118 (2012)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Stephen May (2011) holds that language rights have been insufficiently recognized, or just rejected as problematic, in human rights theory and practice. Defending the “human rights approach to language rights”, he claims that language rights should be accorded the status of fundamental human rights, recognized as such by states and international organizations. This article argues that the notion of language rights is far from clear. According to May, one key reason for rejecting the claim that language rights should be considered as human rights is the widespread belief that language rights are collective rights. In order to address this kind of objection, the collective character attributed to language rights must be carefully assessed, distinguishing two different views of what a collective right is.

Links

PhilArchive

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Collective Rights and Minority Rights.Seumas Miller - 2000 - International Journal of Applied Philosophy 14 (2):241-257.
From human rights to sentient rights.Alasdair Cochrane - 2013 - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 16 (5):655-675.
Human rights and human well-being.William Talbott - 2010 - New York: Oxford University Press.
The Idea of Human Rights.Charles R. Beitz - 2009 - Oxford University Press.
History, Human Rights, and Globalization.Sumner B. Twiss - 2004 - Journal of Religious Ethics 32 (1):39-70.
Individuals and Relational Beings.P. J. Lomelino - 2007 - Social Philosophy Today 23:87-101.

Analytics

Added to PP
2012-10-29

Downloads
737 (#19,627)

6 months
145 (#18,803)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Manuel Toscano
University of Málaga

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references