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Human Rights in Africa

By An-Naim, Abdullahi Ahmed

Human Rights in Africa Law

Human Rights in Africa

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" 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."
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
416
Release Date:
1990-08-01
Publication Date:
1990-08-01
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0815717954
ISBN13:
9780815717959
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
672 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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