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Human rights : a political and cultural critique /

In 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and with it a profusion of norms, processes, and institutions to define, promote, and protect human rights. Today virtually every cause seeks to cloak itself in the righteous language of rights. But even so, this universal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mutua, Makau (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Colección:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Human Rights as a Metaphor
  • 2. Human Rights as an Ideology
  • 3. Human Rights and the African Fingerprint
  • 4. Human Rights, Religion, and Proselytism
  • 5. African State, Human Rights, and Religion
  • 6. Limits of Rights Discourse.