Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives : : A Quest for Consensus / / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.
Human rights violations are perpetrated in all parts of the world, and the universal reaction to such atrocities is overwhelmingly one of horror and sadness. Yet, as Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and his contributors attest, our viewpoint is clouded and biased by the expectations native to our own c...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (488 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights
- 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights
- 3. Making A Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand
- 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights
- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory
- 6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism
- 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights
- 8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights
- 9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada
- 10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America
- 11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path
- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia
- 13. Considering Gender Arc Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case
- 14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State
- 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index