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Hinduism and human rights : a conceptual approach
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Hinduism and human rights : a conceptual approach

Author: Arvind Sharma
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series: Law in India series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The book offers to undertake a conceptual approach to the issue of Hinduism and Human Rights in a cultural ethos in which they are perceived. It offers a rich network of interrelated questions about  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Sharma, Arvind.
Hinduism and human rights.
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2004
(OCoLC)607180344
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Arvind Sharma
ISBN: 0195665856 9780195665857
OCLC Number: 54499061
Description: 217 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Bases of Human Rights in Hinduism; 2. Hinduism and Human Rights Discourse; 3. The Caste Sytem (varna, jati) and Human Rights; 4. The Stages of Life (asrama) and Human Rights; 5. The Four Ages (yugas) and Human Rights; 6. Freedom of Conscience and Hinduism; 7. Universalism in India and the West; 8. A Human Rights Contribution to Hinduism and a Hindu Contribution of Human Rights; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY
Series Title: Law in India series.
Responsibility: Arvind Sharma.
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a scholarly work which adopts a conceptual approach to the subject, and takes in a broad sweep of issues for investigation ... a timely contribution to an important, if somewhat overheated, debate. Read more...

 
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