1. Balibar, Etienne. (2007). (De)Constructing the Human as Human Institution: A Reflection on the Coherence of Hannah Arendt’s Practical Philosophy.
a. the contingent character of human rights. They are not givens p. 730
b. Politics as a practice instead of a deduction from principles because rights are contingent, they are not givens.p. 730
c. dissidence- particularly in the form of civil disobedience- becomes the criterion of a legal institution that makes it possible to establish reciprocity. 730
d. belonging to a community was strictly identified with the possession of a nationality/citizenship. [Belonging for the undocumented who are not citizens can be considered along the lines of residence/id cards, education diploma & Plyler, civil disobedience = the capacity for an extreme form of political action