ABSTRACT
Seyla Benhabib completed her secondary education at the American College for Girls in Istanbul before accepting a grant to study a BA in Philosophy at Brandeis University in 1970. Upon graduating, Benhabib worked as an academic at several institutions, including Harvard University, Boston University, and the New School for Social Research. Seyla Benhabib's The Rights of Others: Aliens, Residents and Citizens makes an important contribution to the authors's understanding of migration, citizenship, and multiculturalism. In her concluding section, Benhabib aims to reconcile universal human rights with state sovereignty and democratic politics. Due to the increasing numbers of migrants and refugees and the heated debates concerning their reception and integration, Benhabib's work on the tensions between borders, politics, and rights claims continues to be a key point of reference for scholars and practitioners. It is important to note that Benhabib's interest in political philosophy emanated from the diverse social and political protests of the 1960s in the United States and Europe.
