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Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Quest for Consensus

By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0812215680, 9780812215687, 9780812200195
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28099245 bytes)
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Edition
Reprint
Pages
488\480
Topic
Religion
Time added
2016-11-08 21:36:53
FiqhHuman RightsislamIslamic LawIslamic StudiesIslamische StudienJurisprudenzReligionReligious StudiesSharia

Description

Human rights violations are perpetrated in all parts of the world, and the universal reaction to such atrocities is overwhelmingly one of horror and sadness. Yet, as Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and his contributors attest, our viewpoint is clouded and biased by the expectations native to our own culture. How do other cultures view human rights issues? Can an analysis of these issues through multiple viewpoints, both cross-cultural and indigenous, help us reinterpret and reconstruct prevailing theories of human rights?Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University and the editor of Human Rights Under African Constitutions, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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