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Negotiating Culture and Human Rights
Lynda Schaefer Bell
出版
Columbia University Press
, 2001
主題
Law / International
Political Science / General
Political Science / Civil Rights
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy
Political Science / Human Rights
Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN
0231120818
9780231120814
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=E5BCs9mylBsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Negotiating Culture and Human Rights
provides a new interdisciplinary approach to issues of cultural values and universal human rights. Central to the discussion is the "Asian values debate," so named because of the culturally relativist ideals embraced by some key Asian governments. By analyzing how cultural difference and human rights operate in theory and practice in such areas as legal equality, women's rights, and ethnicity, the contributors forge a new way of looking at these critical issues. They call their approach "chastened universalism," arguing that respect for others' values need not lead to sterile, relativist views. Ultimately the authors conclude that it is less important to discover pre-existing common values across cultures than to create them through dialogue and debate