Human rights, culture and context : anthropological perspectives /

"A world characterised by ethno-nationalist struggles, civil wars, and political violence has led anthropologists to examine in more detail the relationships between state violence, ideas about 'culture', and the activities of human rights organisations. The first coherent contextual...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wilson, Richard, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 1997.
Series:Anthropology, culture, and society.
Subjects:
Human rights > Philosophy.
Human rights > Cross-cultural studies.
Cultural relativism.
Ethnology.
Social values.
Social Values
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Philosophie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Études transculturelles.
Relativisme culturel.
Ethnologie.
Valeurs sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Cultural relativism
Ethnology
Human rights
Human rights > Philosophy
Social values
Mensenrechten.
Antropologische aspecten.
Droits de l'homme > Études transculturelles.
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Human rights, culture and context : an introduction / Richard A. Wilson
  • Legal pluralism and transnational culture : the Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli Tribunal, Hawai'i, 1993 / Sally Engle Merry
  • Multiculturalism, individualism and human rights : romanticism, the Enlightenment and lessons from Mauritius / Thomas Hylland Eriksen
  • Liberalism, socio-economic rights and the politics of identity : from moral economy to indigenous rights / John Gledhill
  • On torture, or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment / Talal Asad
  • Representing human rights violations : social contexts and subjectivities / Richard A. Wilson
  • Universal and sustainable human rights? Special tribunals in Guatemala / Jennifer Schirmer
  • To whom should we listen? Human rights activism in two Guatemalan land disputes / David Stoll.

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