Decolonizing Human Rights

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-41713-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 387 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

An-Naim, Abdullahi Ahmed

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

An-Naim, Abdullahi Ahmed
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University. He is an internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives. An-Naim teaches courses in international law, Islamic law, human rights and comparative law. His research interest include constitutionalism in Islamic and African countries, Islam and the secular state and Islam and politics.