Human Rights in Africa - Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Paperback, New)

"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. "

General

Imprint:	Brookings Institution Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1990
First published:	August 1990
Editors:	Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim • Francis M. Deng
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	399
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8157-1795-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8157-1795-4
Barcode:	9780815717959

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