Reflexões sobre o declínio do Estado-Nação e o fim dos direitos do homem

Reflections on the decline of the Nation State and the end of human rights

Abstract

Hannah Arendt's critique of human rights has as its background the problematization of the nation-state decline and the end of human rights. The emergence of minorities, as a result of the two great wars political obstacles and the continuous state of instability, resulted in the emergence of stateless persons. Hoping to preserve their lives, these groups - far from their homelands - have lost the right to have rights. Far from being destructive, Hannah Arendt's critique of human rights is a process of reconstruction based on the respect and the preservation of the dignity of all human beings.