Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives / Edition 1

by Abdullahi Ahmed An-naim, Francis M. Deng

Overview

"This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries.

This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. Virginia A. Leary and Jack Donnelly discuss the Western cultural origins of international human rights; David Little, Bassam Tibi, and Ann Elizabeth Mayer explore Christian and Islamic perspectives on human rights; Rhoda E. Howard, Claude E. Welch, Jr., and James C. N. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. Deng offer African cultural perspectives; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Richard D. Schwartz discuss prospects for a cross-cultural approach to human rights.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815717959
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/1990
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.93(h) x 1.01(d)
Lexile:	1510L (what's this?)

About the Author

"Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im was associate professor of law at Khartoum University and is now visiting professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan.Francis M. Deng is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies prog"