Human Rights in Global Perspective

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Anthropological Studies of Rights, Claims and Entitlements

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In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western values onto largely non-Western communities? Human Rights in a Global Perspective develops a social critique of rights agendas. It provides an understanding of how rights discussions and institutions can construct certain types of subjects such as victims and perpetrators, and certain types of act, such as common crimes and crimes against humanity. Using examples from the United States, Europe, India and South Africa, the authors restore the social dimension to rights processes and suggest some ethical alternatives to current practice. Intro. Richard Wilson (University of Sussex), Jon P Mitchell (University of Sussex), Chapter 1. Kirsten Hastrup (University of Copenhagen), Chapter 2. John Bowen ( Washington University at St. Louis),

Author Biography:

Richard A. Wilson is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. He has written and edited numerous works on political violence and human rights, including Human Rights, Culture and Context (1997), Culture and Rights (2001) and The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa (2001). Jon P. Mitchell is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. His books include Ambivalent Europeans (Routledge, 2001).

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June 5th, 2003

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Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

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Edited by Jon P. Mitchell
Edited by Richard A. Wilson

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3 Tables, black and white

Pages

272

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ASA Monographs

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156x234x21

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9780415304092

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3008842

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