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245 10 a| Human Rightsh| [electronic resource]:b| A Political and Cultural Critique;

260 a| Philadelphia : b| University of Pennsylvania Press;

300 a| 264 p.c| 09.250 x 06.125 in.;

440 0 a| Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Ser.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| 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 reliance on the rights idiom has not succeeded in creating common ground and deep agreement as to the scope, content, and philosophical bases for human rights.Makau Mutua argues that the human rights enterprise inappropriately presents itself as a guarantor of eternal truths without which human civilization is impossible. Mutua contends that in fact the human rights corpus, though well meaning, is a Eurocentric construct for the reconstitution of non-Western societies and peoples with a set of culturally biased norms and practices.Mutua maintains that if the human rights movement is to succeed, it must move away from Eurocentrism as a civilizing crusade and attack on non-European peoples. Only a genuine multicultural approach to human rights can make it truly universal. Indigenous, non-European traditions of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas must be deployed to deconstruct--and to reconstruct--a universal bundle of rights that all human societies can claim as theirs.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 4 a| Human Rights;

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650 4 a| Human Rightsx| South Africa;

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Human Rights A Political and Cultural Critique

Author/creator	Mutua, Makau Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
Description	264 p. 09.250 x 06.125 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Human Rights Human Rights--Africa. Human Rights--South Africa.

Series	Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Ser.
Summary	Annotation 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 reliance on the rights idiom has not succeeded in creating common ground and deep agreement as to the scope, content, and philosophical bases for human rights.Makau Mutua argues that the human rights enterprise inappropriately presents itself as a guarantor of eternal truths without which human civilization is impossible. Mutua contends that in fact the human rights corpus, though well meaning, is a Eurocentric construct for the reconstitution of non-Western societies and peoples with a set of culturally biased norms and practices.Mutua maintains that if the human rights movement is to succeed, it must move away from Eurocentrism as a civilizing crusade and attack on non-European peoples. Only a genuine multicultural approach to human rights can make it truly universal. Indigenous, non-European traditions of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas must be deployed to deconstruct--and to reconstruct--a universal bundle of rights that all human societies can claim as theirs.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008025562
ISBN	9780812220490
ISBN	0812220498 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Stock number	00027359

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