Global society and human rights / by Vittorio Cotesta ; translated by Matthew D'Auria.
Global Society and Human Rights tries to grasp and reconstruct the processes of global unification and the shaping of a common feeling of humanity: the conviction, in different cultural contexts, of the unity of mankind and the existence of inalienable human rights. Contrary to the past, the quest f...
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| Superior document: | International comparative social studies, v. 28 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International comparative social studies ;
v. 28. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
| Notes: | Original edition: Società globale e diritti umani. Rubbettino, 2008. |
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Table of Contents:
- Knowledge transmission and universality of man in global society
- The other and the paradoxes of universalism
- Religion, human rights, and political conflicts
- Europe : common values and a common identity
- The public sphere and political space
- America and Europe : Carl Schmitt and Alexis de Tocqueville
- Identity and human rights : a glance at Europe from afar
- Human rights, universalism, and cosmopolitanism.