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- Summary
- In 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and with it a profusion of norms, processes, and institutions to define, promote, and protect human rights. Today virtually every cause seeks to cloak itself in the righteous language of rights. But even so, this universal reliance on the rights idiom has not succeeded in creating common ground and deep agreement as to the scope, content, and philosophical bases for human rights. Makau Mutua argues that the human rights enterprise inappropriately presents itself as a guarantor of eternal truths without which human civilization is impossible. Mutua contends that in fact the human rights corpus, though well meaning, is a Eurocentric construct for the reconstitution of non-Western societies and peoples with a set of culturally biased norms and practices. Mutua maintains that if the human rights movement is to succeed, it must move away from Eurocentrism as a civilizing crusade and attack on non-European peoples. Only a genuine multicultural approach to human rights can make it truly universal. Indigenous, non-European traditions of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas must be deployed to deconstruct--and to reconstruct--a universal bundle of rights that all human societies can claim as theirs
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)
- Contents
-
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Human Rights as a Metaphor""; ""The Metaphor of Human Rights""; ""The Grand Narrative of Human Rights""; ""The Metaphor of the Savage""; ""The Metaphor of the Victim""; ""The Metaphor of the Savior""; ""2 Human Rights as an Ideology""; ""The Authors of Human Rights""; ""A Holy Trinity: Liberalism, Democracy, and Human Rights""; ""The Conventional Doctrinalists""; ""The Conceptualizers""; ""The Cultural Pluralists""; ""Political Strategists and Instrumentalists""
- ""3 Human Rights and the African Fingerprint""""Africa in a Rights Universe""; ""Human Rights in Precolonial Africa""; ""The Dialectic of Rights and Duties""; ""The Duty/Rights Conception""; ""Whither Africa?""; ""4 Human Rights, Religion, and Proselytism""; ""The Problem of Religious Rights""; ""Demonizing the ""Other""""; ""Proselytization in Africa""; ""The Legal Invisibility of Indigenous Religions""; ""Ideals Versus Realities""; ""The Moral Equivalency of Cultures""; ""5 The African State, Human Rights, and Religion""; ""Religion and African Statehood""; ""Identity Disorientation""
- ""The Culture of Silence and Postcolonialism""""Counterpenetration as a Farce""; ""Benin Returns to Its Roots""; ""6 The Limits of Rights Discourse""; ""South Africa: The Human Rights State""; ""The Rights Framework as an ANC Strategy: A Snapshot of Apartheid""; ""The Evolution of a Rights Approach""; ""The Compromise of the Interim Constitution""; ""The 1996 Constitution as a Normative Continuum""; ""The ANC's Gradualist Rights Approach""; ""Land Reform as a Central Plank of the Struggle""; ""Women in Post-Apartheid South Africa""; ""The Status and Orientation of Post-Apartheid Courts""
- ""Humanizing the Instruments of Coercion""""Rights Discourse-Not a Panacea""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
- Isbn
- 9780812220490
- Label
- Human rights : a political and cultural critique
- Title
- Human rights
- Title remainder
- a political and cultural critique
- Statement of responsibility
- Makau Mutua
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and with it a profusion of norms, processes, and institutions to define, promote, and protect human rights. Today virtually every cause seeks to cloak itself in the righteous language of rights. But even so, this universal reliance on the rights idiom has not succeeded in creating common ground and deep agreement as to the scope, content, and philosophical bases for human rights. Makau Mutua argues that the human rights enterprise inappropriately presents itself as a guarantor of eternal truths without which human civilization is impossible. Mutua contends that in fact the human rights corpus, though well meaning, is a Eurocentric construct for the reconstitution of non-Western societies and peoples with a set of culturally biased norms and practices. Mutua maintains that if the human rights movement is to succeed, it must move away from Eurocentrism as a civilizing crusade and attack on non-European peoples. Only a genuine multicultural approach to human rights can make it truly universal. Indigenous, non-European traditions of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas must be deployed to deconstruct--and to reconstruct--a universal bundle of rights that all human societies can claim as theirs
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mutua, Makau
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human rights
- Democratization
- Civil society
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Civil society
- Democratization
- Human rights
- Label
- Human rights : a political and cultural critique, Makau Mutua
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Human Rights as a Metaphor""; ""The Metaphor of Human Rights""; ""The Grand Narrative of Human Rights""; ""The Metaphor of the Savage""; ""The Metaphor of the Victim""; ""The Metaphor of the Savior""; ""2 Human Rights as an Ideology""; ""The Authors of Human Rights""; ""A Holy Trinity: Liberalism, Democracy, and Human Rights""; ""The Conventional Doctrinalists""; ""The Conceptualizers""; ""The Cultural Pluralists""; ""Political Strategists and Instrumentalists""
- ""3 Human Rights and the African Fingerprint""""Africa in a Rights Universe""; ""Human Rights in Precolonial Africa""; ""The Dialectic of Rights and Duties""; ""The Duty/Rights Conception""; ""Whither Africa?""; ""4 Human Rights, Religion, and Proselytism""; ""The Problem of Religious Rights""; ""Demonizing the ""Other""""; ""Proselytization in Africa""; ""The Legal Invisibility of Indigenous Religions""; ""Ideals Versus Realities""; ""The Moral Equivalency of Cultures""; ""5 The African State, Human Rights, and Religion""; ""Religion and African Statehood""; ""Identity Disorientation""
- ""The Culture of Silence and Postcolonialism""""Counterpenetration as a Farce""; ""Benin Returns to Its Roots""; ""6 The Limits of Rights Discourse""; ""South Africa: The Human Rights State""; ""The Rights Framework as an ANC Strategy: A Snapshot of Apartheid""; ""The Evolution of a Rights Approach""; ""The Compromise of the Interim Constitution""; ""The 1996 Constitution as a Normative Continuum""; ""The ANC's Gradualist Rights Approach""; ""Land Reform as a Central Plank of the Struggle""; ""Women in Post-Apartheid South Africa""; ""The Status and Orientation of Post-Apartheid Courts""
- ""Humanizing the Instruments of Coercion""""Rights Discourse-Not a Panacea""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
- Control code
- ocn859160657
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812220490
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812204155
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt36q810
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859160657
- Label
- Human rights : a political and cultural critique, Makau Mutua
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Human Rights as a Metaphor""; ""The Metaphor of Human Rights""; ""The Grand Narrative of Human Rights""; ""The Metaphor of the Savage""; ""The Metaphor of the Victim""; ""The Metaphor of the Savior""; ""2 Human Rights as an Ideology""; ""The Authors of Human Rights""; ""A Holy Trinity: Liberalism, Democracy, and Human Rights""; ""The Conventional Doctrinalists""; ""The Conceptualizers""; ""The Cultural Pluralists""; ""Political Strategists and Instrumentalists""
- ""3 Human Rights and the African Fingerprint""""Africa in a Rights Universe""; ""Human Rights in Precolonial Africa""; ""The Dialectic of Rights and Duties""; ""The Duty/Rights Conception""; ""Whither Africa?""; ""4 Human Rights, Religion, and Proselytism""; ""The Problem of Religious Rights""; ""Demonizing the ""Other""""; ""Proselytization in Africa""; ""The Legal Invisibility of Indigenous Religions""; ""Ideals Versus Realities""; ""The Moral Equivalency of Cultures""; ""5 The African State, Human Rights, and Religion""; ""Religion and African Statehood""; ""Identity Disorientation""
- ""The Culture of Silence and Postcolonialism""""Counterpenetration as a Farce""; ""Benin Returns to Its Roots""; ""6 The Limits of Rights Discourse""; ""South Africa: The Human Rights State""; ""The Rights Framework as an ANC Strategy: A Snapshot of Apartheid""; ""The Evolution of a Rights Approach""; ""The Compromise of the Interim Constitution""; ""The 1996 Constitution as a Normative Continuum""; ""The ANC's Gradualist Rights Approach""; ""Land Reform as a Central Plank of the Struggle""; ""Women in Post-Apartheid South Africa""; ""The Status and Orientation of Post-Apartheid Courts""
- ""Humanizing the Instruments of Coercion""""Rights Discourse-Not a Panacea""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
- Control code
- ocn859160657
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812220490
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812204155
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt36q810
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859160657
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