Human Rights in Islamic Societies: Muslims and the Western Conception of Rights

ISBN-13: 9780367433499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str.

Ahmed E. Souaiaia

Opis

This book compares Islamic and Western ideas of human rights in order to ascertain which human rights, if any, can be considered universal. This is a profound topic with a rich history that is highly relevant within global politics and society today.

Spis treści

1 Introduction: Universalizing the Study of the Universal Human Rights through Systems Thinking  Part I Human Rights as a Discourse  2 What We Now Know: Human Rights and Post-Enlightenment Thought  3 Islamic Reaction to Western Enlightenment  Part II Human Rights in History  4 European Enlightenment, Racism, and Human Rights  5 Islam, Supremacy, Sectarianism, and Human Rights  Part III Globalism, History, and Human Rights Today  6 The Case of the 2011 Wars in SWANA  7 Actual and Instrumentalized Human Rights  8 Conclusions: Human Rights, Civil Society, and the State

O autorze

Ahmed E. Souaiaia is a member of the faculty with joint appointment in International Studies, Religious Studies, History, and at the College of Law at the University of Iowa, USA. He is the author of several books including Anatomy of Dissent in Islamic Societies: Ibadism, Rebellion and Legitimacy (2013) and Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, and Society (2008). He has published articles in refereed journals and essays in national and international media outlets. He has received a number of other awards including the Presidential Faculty Fellowship, Dean’s Scholar Award, and the Provost’s Global Forum Award.