Descripción del proyecto
Cuando la dignidad humana solo era un sentimiento
El concepto de dignidad humana hace referencia al derecho de cada individuo a ser respetado y tratado con ética. Es un valor compartido por todos los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y tratado como una piedra angular que salvaguarda la igualdad y la justicia para todos los ciudadanos. Estudios recientes han revelado que el concepto de dignidad humana no siempre implicó justicia social o igualdad en el siglo XIX. Su definición como «sentimiento» dio lugar a varias desigualdades para las mujeres. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos HuDig19 estudiará estas sorpresas, centrándose en la Francia del siglo XIX. Explicará la actitud hacia la dignidad humana como un «sentimiento» y los casos de estudio de las desigualdades de género respecto a los derechos ciudadanos de las mujeres.
Objetivo
Human dignity refers to the intrinsic worthiness of the human being, which renders all individuals equal bearers of rights. It is a shared value of the European Member States and the cornerstone of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Modern scholarship has relied on an uncontested paradigm: the recognition of the intrinsic worthiness of the human being necessarily entails social justice and the equality of all individuals. This approach is nonetheless unsuitable for examining human dignity in the nineteenth century, a time period that has been insufficiently explored. HuDig19 focuses on the case of France and reveals fascinating discoveries. Human dignity was defined as a sentiment, a conception that does not bear any historical precedents. Human dignity was deployed to humanize certain people while downgrading the humanity of others. Human dignity was also used to conceal inequalities and to justify injustices. To explain those startling findings, HuDig19 adopts a novel critical theory approach and explores untapped nineteenth-century sources. The idea of human dignity has never been studied in such an archival and critical ways. HuDig19 focuses on the following research objectives: a) To unveil why human dignity was conceived as a sentiment b) to explain its emotional regime c) to examine whether human dignity was used to justify inequalities d) to reveal how it was used to strip women of their citizenship and e) to update our contemporary conception of human dignity. HuDig19 open new interdisciplinary perspectives for the studies of a value that defines our democracies. HuDig19 is carried out by Prof. Antonio Pele, who has developed strong expertise on human dignity. The primary supervisor, Prof. Bernard E. Harcourt, is a leading scholar in critical theory. The co-supervisor, Prof. Arnaud Esquerre is a renowned scholar in historical sociology. HuDig19 is implemented in the remarkable infrastructure of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
75270 Paris
Francia