| Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Contributor(s): An-Naim, Abdullahi Ahmed (Editor), Deng, Francis M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815717954 ISBN-13: 9780815717959 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1990 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Social Science - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 323.096 |
| LCCN: 90-37742 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6" W x 9.05" (1.23 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |