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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... Western values and modernity. Second, human rights mainly became a legal discipline, which lacked the benefits of multidisciplinary scholarship. Fortunately, in 1990, after an absence of more than 40 years, the first anthropologist ...
... Western values and modernity. Second, human rights mainly became a legal discipline, which lacked the benefits of multidisciplinary scholarship. Fortunately, in 1990, after an absence of more than 40 years, the first anthropologist ...
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... Western mold, but for the structural equivalents for human rights in other societies. Renteln also makes clear that moral systems which are duty based can accommodate human rights. If, for example, the members of a given society have a ...
... Western mold, but for the structural equivalents for human rights in other societies. Renteln also makes clear that moral systems which are duty based can accommodate human rights. If, for example, the members of a given society have a ...
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... Western Concept?” (1982). I am grateful to both of them for encouraging me to pursue the tension between relativism and universalism. Many individuals have contributed to the genesis of this work. I wish to thank Frank C. Newman for ...
... Western Concept?” (1982). I am grateful to both of them for encouraging me to pursue the tension between relativism and universalism. Many individuals have contributed to the genesis of this work. I wish to thank Frank C. Newman for ...
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... Western one, while others insist that it is truly universal (for more on this debate, see Alston, 1983b; Bedau, 1982; Berger, 1977; Berman, 1979; Donnelly, 1982b, 1985; Ferguson, 1979; Henkin, 1979b; Kleinig, 1981; Manglapus, 1978 ...
... Western one, while others insist that it is truly universal (for more on this debate, see Alston, 1983b; Bedau, 1982; Berger, 1977; Berman, 1979; Donnelly, 1982b, 1985; Ferguson, 1979; Henkin, 1979b; Kleinig, 1981; Manglapus, 1978 ...
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... Western societies do not express moral concerns in a framework of human rights, they may nonetheless address them in some other conceptual framework. It becomes necessary to reformulate the basic question: are there any homeomorphic ...
... Western societies do not express moral concerns in a framework of human rights, they may nonetheless address them in some other conceptual framework. It becomes necessary to reformulate the basic question: are there any homeomorphic ...
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