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Title Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives : a quest for consensus / edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim.
Publisher Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.


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Contents 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 (electronic bk.)
0812200195 (electronic bk.)
0812215680
9780812215687
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Series University of Pennsylvania Press Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subject Human rights.
Alt author Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
Descript 1 online resource (vii, 479 pages)
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Contents 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 (electronic bk.)
0812200195 (electronic bk.)
0812215680
9780812215687
Series University of Pennsylvania Press Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subject Human rights.
Alt author Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-

Subject Human rights.
Descript 1 online resource (vii, 479 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file
Contents 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.
Alt author Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
ISBN 9780812200195 (electronic bk.)
0812200195 (electronic bk.)
0812215680
9780812215687
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