International Human Rights: Universalism Versus RelativismQuid Pro Books, 2013 International Human Rights is a classic socio-legal study of the incompatibility and possible reconciliation of competing views of culture relativism and absolute fundamental human rights. It features prodigious research and insight that is much cited by academics and human rights lawyers and activists over two decades. Quality ebook edition features active Contents, linked notes, and proper presentation of text and charts. Are human rights universal? Universalists and cultural relativists have long been debating this question. In INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, Alison Dundes Renteln reconciles the two positions and argues that, within the vast array of cultural practices and values, it is possible to create structural equivalents to rights in all societies. She poses that empirical cross-cultural research can reveal universal human rights standards, then demonstrates it through an analysis of the concept of measured retribution. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS provides an unusual combination of abstract theory and empirical evidence. It will interest scholars and students in political science, sociology, anthropology, peace studies, cross-cultural research, and philosophy, as well as human rights activists. |
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... public attention in any case. The fact that these rights were implicitly recognized at all indicates a commitment to what are called collective rights, as opposed to individual rights. According to some commentators, this commitment ...
... public attention in any case. The fact that these rights were implicitly recognized at all indicates a commitment to what are called collective rights, as opposed to individual rights. According to some commentators, this commitment ...
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... public opinion. Research has been a key priority for the Subcommission, and its most controversial activities have, in fact, been its efforts to investigate human-rights violations through fact finding. Alarmed by the Subcommission's ...
... public opinion. Research has been a key priority for the Subcommission, and its most controversial activities have, in fact, been its efforts to investigate human-rights violations through fact finding. Alarmed by the Subcommission's ...
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... public safety. One provision incorporated into the ICCPR which may have contributed to the reluctance of the United States to ratify the Covenant concerns free speech. Specifically, several states insisted on a prohibition of speech ...
... public safety. One provision incorporated into the ICCPR which may have contributed to the reluctance of the United States to ratify the Covenant concerns free speech. Specifically, several states insisted on a prohibition of speech ...
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... public condemnation, the selection of members of various human-rights bodies has involved a similar concern. Many would have preferred persons serving in their individual capacity to government representatives, because such persons ...
... public condemnation, the selection of members of various human-rights bodies has involved a similar concern. Many would have preferred persons serving in their individual capacity to government representatives, because such persons ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism Alison Dundes Renteln Vizualizare fragmente - 1990 |
International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism Alison Dundes Renteln Vizualizare fragmente - 1990 |
International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism Alison Dundes Renteln Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2013 |
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