Justice, Human Rights, and the New Charisma of Anti-Democratic Ideologies

Authors

Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR)
Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy
Matthias Mahlmann, University of Zurich

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Event Date

4-2-2025

Location

Room 512

Description

Democracies are under pressure worldwide – externally by authoritarian states and internally by political forces that spread anti-democratic ideologies even if masked by avowed concern for the people. While reasons are intensely debated, this talk critically revisits explanations for the charisma of post-democratic ideologies by (1) investigating normative foundations of the exacting and fragile project of democracy and its relation to human rights and (2) discussing human rights theory in times of widespread human rights skepticism and its meaning for crises of democracy. How can we defend the project of democracy in theory and practice?

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Human Rights Law | Law | Legal Education

Recommended Citation

Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR); Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy; and Mahlmann, Matthias, "Justice, Human Rights, and the New Charisma of Anti-Democratic Ideologies" (2025). 2025 Event Invitations. 42.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/event-invitations-2025/42