Evolution of Human Rights Amid the Postmodern Shift in Political Communication

Abstract

The article provides a philosophical overview of the evolution of human rights in the context of the postmodern transformation of political communication. It is shown that one of the key concepts in the modern globalized society is the concept of “human rights”, which has an order of different levels according to its historical and socio-cultural development, being referred to as “human rights generation” in socio-political and philosophical theories. The socio-philosophical, legal, and political theories that served as conceptual bases for the development of the rights of the first and second generations are analyzed. The grounds are provided to demonstrate that in the course of the institutionalization of the rights of the third and fourth generations, a postmodern deconstruction of the principles of classical law occurs, as a result, the rights of the third and fourth generations come into conflict with the rights of the first and second generations, as well as with generally accepted legal principles and norms. These processes occur amid the postmodern transformations of political communication in global society, where individual, national, international, intercultural, and other components interact in a complex manner.