The Resource Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives : a quest for consensus, edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim
Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives : a quest for consensus, edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 479 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights; 3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China; 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights; Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation
- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism; 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights; Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on 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: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case
- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia13. Considering Gender: Are 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; Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U
- Isbn
- 9780812200195
- Label
- Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives : a quest for consensus
- Title
- Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives
- Title remainder
- a quest for consensus
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- JSTOR
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad
- Series statement
- University of Pennsylvania Press Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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- Human rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Human rights
- Kulturvergleich
- Menschenrecht
- Direitos humanos
- Label
- Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives : a quest for consensus, edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-461) and index
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- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights; 3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China; 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights; Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation
- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism; 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights; Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on 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: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case
- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia13. Considering Gender: Are 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; Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-461) and index
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- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights; 3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China; 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights; Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation
- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism; 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights; Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on 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: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case
- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia13. Considering Gender: Are 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; Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U
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