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| Title | : | Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (670 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815717954 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 399 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
. This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. From the Back Cover This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries
Deng is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies prog. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im was associate professor of law at Khartoum University and is now visiting professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan.Francis M
Oliver Chubb said A very good collection of essays, with an agenda of course. An excellent collection of essays trying to deal with the dynamic of universalism versus relativism - A must read if your are interested in Africa and human rights in a more intellectual sense ( as opposed to pure implementation)
N. Welch, Jr., and James C. Deng offer African cultural perspectives; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Richard D. Schwartz discuss prospects for a cross-cultural approach to human rights.. Virginia A. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. Howard, Claude E. This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries.This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. Leary and Jack Donnelly discuss the Western cultural origins of international human rights; David Little, Bassam Tibi, and Ann Elizabeth Mayer explore Christian and Islamic perspectives on human rights; Rhoda E
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