Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im Primary Author mixed material bibliography Washington The Brookings Institution 1990 monographic Ed. 1 en English

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xv, ind. 399 p.; 23 cm 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. Africa Human rights 323.0960815717962 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 323.096 Ann h 02202200584 Non Fiction 323.096 Ann h Human_Rights_in_Africa.jpg 97186 2022-02-10 19:28:28 2022-03-16 14:30:29 machine generated