Decolonizing Human Rights

Human Rights

Decolonizing Human Rights

By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim
Cambridge University Press November 2021

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781108417136
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
November 2021
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Also available as

Paperback

Details

In his extensive body of work, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim challenges both historical interpretations of Islamic Sharia and neo-colonial understanding of human rights. To advance the rationale of scholarship for social change, An-Naim proposes advancing the universality of human rights through internal discourse within Islamic and African societies and cross-cultural dialogue among human cultures. This book proposes a transformation from human rights organized around a state determined practice to one that is focused on a people-centric approach that empowers individuals to decide how human rights will be understood and integrated into their communities. Decolonizing Human Rights aims to illustrate the decisive role of human agency on the subject of change, without implying that Islamic or any other society are exceptionally disposed to politically motivated violence and consequent profound political instability.

Table of Contents

1. Evolution of founding vision
2. Marriage of futility: international law and human rights
3. Deadly mirage of humanitarian intervention
4. People-centric protection of human rights
5. Human rights are the measure of our humanity
HKD 1,248.39 −3%
HKD 1,287.00

Inclusive of HK delivery

Ready to ship
Delivery Time: around 4-5 weeks
Extra 10 working days if shipping address outside Hong Kong
  • Free HK shipping over HK$1,000
  • International shipping to 35+ countries
Order Form
Save

Recommended

You may also be interested in these books:

More titles from Human Rights

View all
The Human Right to Water in Latin America: Challenges to Implementation and Contribution to the Concept
Brill Nijhoff

The Human Right to Water in Latin America: Challenges to Implementation and Contribution to the Concept

Anna Berti Suman
HKD 1,037.40
Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights
Oxford University Press

Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights

Magdalena Forowicz
HKD 1,544.73
Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms
Edward Elgar Publishing

Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms

Paul T. Babie; Neville G. Rochow; Brett G. Scharffs
HKD 1,790.62
The EU as a ‘Global Player’ in Human Rights?
Routledge

The EU as a ‘Global Player’ in Human Rights?

Jan Wetzel
HKD 1,828.45
Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan
Oxford University Press

Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan

Kiyoteru Tsutsui
HKD 441.22
Internal Displacement and the Law
Oxford University Press

Internal Displacement and the Law

Walter Kalin
HKD 1,513.20