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Human rights in Africa : cross-cultural perspectives cross-cultural perspectives / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim, Francis M. Deng, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, c1990.Description: xv, 399 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0815717954 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780815717959 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Human rights in Africa.DDC classification:
  • 323/.096 20
LOC classification:
  • JC599.A36 .H86
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

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