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Universal Basic Income

by Karl Widerquist

ISBN: 9780262546898

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 20, 2024

An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.

Cyborg

by Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau

ISBN: 9780262547550

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 6, 2024

A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied.

We, the Data

Human Rights in the Digital Age

by Wendy H. Wong

ISBN: 9780262048576

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 10, 2023

A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.

The Most Human Right

Why Free Speech Is Everything

by Eric Heinze

ISBN: 9780262547246

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 19, 2023

A bold, groundbreaking argument by a world-renowned expert that unless we treat free speech as the fundamental human right, there can be no others.

Beyond Data

Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse

by Elizabeth M. Renieris

ISBN: 9780262047821

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 7, 2023

Why laws focused on data cannot effectively protect people—and how an approach centered on human rights offers the best hope for preserving human dignity and autonomy in a cyberphysical world.

Seeing Human Rights

Video Activism as a Proxy Profession

by Sandra Ristovska

ISBN: 9780262542531

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

As video becomes an important tool to expose injustice, an examination of how human rights organizations are seeking to professionalize video activism.