Universal human rights in a world of difference /
Ackerly, Brooke A.
Universal human rights in a world of difference / Brooke A. Ackerly. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index.
Universal human rights in a world of difference : challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalisms and differences -- Immanent and universal human rights : more legitimate than reasonable -- Feminist curb cutting : a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights -- Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance : a methodology for interpretation and analysis -- An immanent and universal theory of human rights -- Terrain(s) of difficulty : obligation, problem-solving, and trust -- Feminist strategies -- "If I can make a circle".
"From the diverse work and often competing insights of women's human rights activists, Brooke Ackerly has written a feminist and a universal theory of human rights that bridges the relativists' concerns about universalizing from particulars and the activists' commitment to justice."--BOOK JACKET.
9780521881265 0521881269 9780521707558 0521707552
2007051567
GBA808753 bnb
014500126 Uk
Human rights.
Feminist theory.
Menschenrecht
Universalismus
Differenzierung
Feminismus
JC571 / .A134 2008
323
Universal human rights in a world of difference / Brooke A. Ackerly. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index.
Universal human rights in a world of difference : challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalisms and differences -- Immanent and universal human rights : more legitimate than reasonable -- Feminist curb cutting : a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights -- Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance : a methodology for interpretation and analysis -- An immanent and universal theory of human rights -- Terrain(s) of difficulty : obligation, problem-solving, and trust -- Feminist strategies -- "If I can make a circle".
"From the diverse work and often competing insights of women's human rights activists, Brooke Ackerly has written a feminist and a universal theory of human rights that bridges the relativists' concerns about universalizing from particulars and the activists' commitment to justice."--BOOK JACKET.
9780521881265 0521881269 9780521707558 0521707552
2007051567
GBA808753 bnb
014500126 Uk
Human rights.
Feminist theory.
Menschenrecht
Universalismus
Differenzierung
Feminismus
JC571 / .A134 2008
323