Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

An-naim, Abdullahi Ahmed

ISBN 10: 0815717954 / ISBN 13: 9780815717959

Edité par Brookings Institution Press (edition First Edition 1st Printing), 1990

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Synopsis :

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. Virginia A. 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. Howard, Claude E. Welch, Jr., and James C. N. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. 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.

À propos de l'auteur: 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. Deng is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies prog

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural ...
Éditeur : Brookings Institution Press (edition First Edition 1st Printing)
Date d'édition : 1990
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Edition : First Edition 1st Printing.