ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm - Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives: a quest for consensus
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The essays in this collection examine particular cultural and ideological traditions and reinterpretations which aim to assist in overcoming the tensions and conflicts between those traditions and current international standards of human rights. Other essays present the views and priorities of specific indigenous perspectives in relation to national and international human rights regimes. The text is designed to enhance the credibility of national and international human rights standards by developing more effective approaches to their promotion and implementation.
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Human Rights in Cross-cultural Perspectives : A Quest for Consensus Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
author
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Nam, bd Allah Ahmad
publisher
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University of Pennsylvania Press
isbn10 | asin
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081223104X
print isbn13
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9780812231045
ebook isbn13
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9780585118895
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English
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Human rights.
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1992
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K3240.6.H8767 1991eb
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323
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Human rights.
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Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
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University of Pennsylvania Press PENNSYLVANIA STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS
Bert B. Lockwood, Jr., Series Editor Professor and Director, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Advisory Board
Marjorie Agosin Philip Alston Kevin Boyle Richard P. Claude David Weissbrodt
George J. Andreopoulos, editor. Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions. 1994
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im, editor. Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Quest for Consensus. 1992
Rebecca J. Cook, editor. Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives. 1994
Iain Guest. Behind the Disappearances: Argentina's Dirty War Against Human Rights and the United Nations. 1990
Thomas B. Jabine and Richard P. Claude, editors. Human Rights and Statistics: Getting the Record Straight. 1991
Menno T. Kamminga. Inter-State Accountability for Violations of Human Rights. 1992
Betty Reardon. Educating for Human Dignity: Learning About Rights and Responsibilities. 1995
Richard Lewis Siegel. Employment and Human Rights: The International Dimension. 1994
Howard B. Tolley, Jr. The International Commission of Jurists: Global Advocates for Human Rights. 1994
Claude E. Welch, Jr. Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations. 1995
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Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
A Quest for Consensus
Edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im
University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia
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Copyright 1992 by the University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives: a quest for consensus / edited by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im. p. cm. (Pennsylvania studies in human rights) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8122-3104-X (cloth). ISBN 0-8122-1568-0 (pbk.) 1. Human rights. I. Na`im, ` A b d Allah Ahmad, 1946-. II. Series. K3240.6.H8767 1991 323dc20 91-29297 CIP
First paperback printing 1995
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
Abdullahi A. An-Na`im
1
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
Abdullahi A. An-Na`im
19
2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights
Richard Falk
44
3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China
William R Alford
65
4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights
Rhoda E. Howard
81
Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation
5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives
Virginia A. Leary
105
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6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism
Michael McDonald
133
7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights
Richard Nordahl
162
Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights
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