Epistemological Aspects of the Geopolitics of Human Rights: Current Challenges in the 21st Century

Abstract

Connecting the geopolitical gaze, which is usually loaded with pragmatism and is the responsibility of international policy makers or academic elites driven by scientific interests, is not a simple task. In this general purpose, through a documentary-based qualitative research design, close to critical geopolitics and dialectical hermeneutic philosophy, the central objective of this essay was to describe, roughly, some epistemological aspects of the geopolitics of human rights in the framework of the main current challenges that characterize the development of the world order in force in the 21st century. The results obtained allow us to conclude that, in any geopolitical and geostrategic perspective, the defense of human rights must be a global priority and, consequently, it is the responsibility of all actors to work together to guarantee their protection and promotion in an increasingly complex and changing world context, marked by the entropic forces of seemingly irreconcilable interests, divergent cultural identities and unique worldviews that identify each civilization and that, while foreshadowing the clash of civilizations, undoubtedly also open doors for the achievement of new consensuses.