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| Genre/Form: | Cross-cultural studies Études transculturelles |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Human rights in Africa. Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, c1990 (OCoLC)755084547 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm; Francis Mading Deng |
| ISBN: | 0815717962 9780815717966 0815717954 9780815717959 |
| OCLC Number: | 21592352 |
| Description: | xv, 399 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim and Francis M. Deng --The effect of Western perspectives on international human rights / Virginia A. Leary -- Human rights and Western liberalism / Jack Donnelly -- A Christian perspective on human rights / David Little -- The European tradition of human rights and the culture of Islam / Bassam Tibi --Current Muslim thinking on human rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Group versus individual identity in the African debate on human rights / Rhoda E. Howard -- Human rights in Francophone West Africa / Claude E. Welch, Jr. -- Participatory approaches to human rights in sub-Saharan Africa / James C.N. Paul An Akan perspective on human rights / Kwasi Wiredu -- A cultural approach to human rights among the Dinka / Francis M. Deng --Traditional culture and the prospect for human rights in Africa / James Silk. Problems of universal cultural legitimacy for human rights / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim -- Human rights in an evolving world culture / Richard D. Schwartz. |
| Responsibility: | Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim, Francis M. Deng, editors. |
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