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100	1		_aAn-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed.
245	1	0	_aHuman Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives : _bA Quest for Consensus.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c1995.
264		4	_c©1992.
300			_a1 online resource (489 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights -- 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights -- 3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China -- 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights -- Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation -- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives -- 6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism -- 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights -- Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights -- 8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights -- 9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada -- 10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America -- 11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case -- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia -- 13. Considering Gender: Are Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case -- 14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State -- Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights -- 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520			_a"All the contributions are interesting and, from their own different perspectives, throw light on the different aspects of the vexed question of human rights."--Political Studies.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aHuman rights.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aAn-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed _tHuman Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives _dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c1995 _z9780812215687
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441500 _zClick to View
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