Format:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
ISBN:
9780812220490
Series Statement:
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Content:
Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique provides a bracing and controversial analysis of the scope of human rights and lays the groundwork for a multicultural and more universal understanding of these rights.
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""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""
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""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""
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""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""
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""Humanizing the Instruments of Coercion""""Rights Discourse-Not a Panacea""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812204155
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812220490
Additional Edition:
Print version Human Rights : A Political and Cultural Critique
Language:
English
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