
Human Rights and Cultural Diversity
Core Issues and Cases
Andrew Fagan(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 14. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-4744-0118-0 (ISBN)
Description
How can universal human rights be reconciled with respect for wide cultural differences? This textbook introduces the core issues for students and addresses them through an interdisciplinary analysis of key case studies. Throughout the book, an alternative philosophical framework is offered as a model through which universalism and difference can be reconciled into a single global vision.
Cast studies include: the rights of women, ethnic and national minorities, indigenous peoples and religious communities.
Issues addressed include: FGM, LGBT rights, freedom of speech and the rights of indigenous peoples
Student features include: core questions, suggestions for further reading and two-colour layout
Cast studies include: the rights of women, ethnic and national minorities, indigenous peoples and religious communities.
Issues addressed include: FGM, LGBT rights, freedom of speech and the rights of indigenous peoples
Student features include: core questions, suggestions for further reading and two-colour layout
Reviews / Votes
This is a lucid introduction into the ways that philosophers, political theorists and practitioners have grappled with the tensions between two key values of our time. It also offers a persuasive argument that respect for human rights and for cultural diversity can be reconciled. -- Jane K. Cowan, University of SussexMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-0118-0 (9781474401180)
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Person
Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.
Content
Introduction
A Defensible Universalism
Culture and Transcending Relativism
A Right to Cultural Identity
The Rights of Women - Patriarchy, Harm and Empowerment
The Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Religion and Human Rights
Working On a Dream?
ReferencesIndex
A Defensible Universalism
Culture and Transcending Relativism
A Right to Cultural Identity
The Rights of Women - Patriarchy, Harm and Empowerment
The Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Religion and Human Rights
Working On a Dream?
ReferencesIndex