The book has emerged as a classic text on the understanding of human rights As distinguished from the other works on human rights it inaugurates a conversation with the reader so as to collectively evolve the meaning of human as a possessor of human rights. It is a labour of love' on the part of the author which makes it possible to simultaneously construct and deconstruct the notion and logics of what it means to be 'human' and 'bearer of human rights'.2 In its rigorous and reflexive analysis of the genealogies and futures of human rights.