Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies: Universality Without Uniformity

ISBN-13: 9781108457323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 269 str.

Seth D. Kaplan

Opis

Introduces the idea of a flexible approach to the human rights movement that returns to basics in an increasingly diverse and multipolar world.

Recenzje

'Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies: Universality without Uniformity … [is] a worthy and timely publication … [with] a focus on maximising the robustness of the relationships between individuals, institutions and communities and, in so doing, the common good.' Molly Thomas, Cross-cultural Human Rights Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The UDHR: flexible universalism; 3. Cultural psychology's contribution; 4. Thick versus thin societies; 5. The limits of Western human rights discourse; 6. Case study: male circumcision in Europe; 7. Case study: Rwanda's Gacaca Courts; 8. Conclusion: a return to basics.