Bibliograph

Human Rights on Common Grounds, The Quest for Universality, edited by Kirsten Hastrup

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Label

Human Rights on Common Grounds, The Quest for Universality, edited by Kirsten Hastrup

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Human Rights on Common Grounds

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1291001360

Responsibility statement

edited by Kirsten Hastrup

Series statement

Brill E-Books - Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Archive 2000-2006Brill E-Books

Sub title

The Quest for Universality

Summary

The universality of human rights has been extensively discussed since their inception, and most often in terms of contrasting viewpoints of universalism versus relativism. The present volume seeks to get beyond the polarization and to ask instead in which sense human rights are universal. The point of departure is that human rights must be universal in some sense, or they are nothing. It is meaningless to talk of human rights if they are not applicable to all humans, unconditionally. From each of their vantage points the authors explore the notion of universality in a joint effort to maintain the fundamental aspiration of the human rights documents without sidestepping the question. The authors come from such diverse fields as law, history, philosophy and anthropology, and between them they contribute in complementary ways to the never-ending quest for universality, correlating with a view of all humans being equal in dignity and rights. They are also keenly aware that the human rights project is unfinished and must always be forcefully argued for.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1 . The Quest for Universality: An Introduction -- K. Hastrup . -- 2 . Conviction and Critique: Addressing the Sceptic -- T. Brudholm . -- 3 . Legal and Functional Universality -- C.E.H. Kjeldsen . -- 4 . To Follow a Rule: Rights and Responsibilities Revisited -- K. Hastrup . -- 5 . Universal Human Rights: Between the Local and the Global -- M. Kjœrum . -- 6 . Instand Paradigm Shifts: Globalizing Human Rights -- Z. Skurbaty . -- 7 . The African Charter: Contextual Universality -- L. Lindholt . -- 8 . Legal Pluralism in the Human Rights Universe -- I.E. Koch . -- 9 . Limits to Universality: Questions from Asia -- H. Thelle . -- 10 . World Religions, World Values: In Dialogue with the Bible -- E.M. Lassen . -- 11 . Universal Human Rights: An Unfinished Project -- G. Ulrich . -- Notes on Contributors. -- Index

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