Human rights from a Third World perspective : critique, history and international law / edited by José-Manuel Barreto.
Globalization, interdisciplinarity, and the critique of the Eurocentric canon are transforming the theory and practice of human rights. This collection takes up the point of view of the colonized in order to unsettle and supplement the conventional understanding of human rights. Putting together ins...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2013.
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| Summary: | Globalization, interdisciplinarity, and the critique of the Eurocentric canon are transforming the theory and practice of human rights. This collection takes up the point of view of the colonized in order to unsettle and supplement the conventional understanding of human rights. Putting together insights coming from Decolonial Thinking, the Third World Approach to International Law (TWAIL), Radical Black Theory and Subaltern Studies, the authors construct a new history and theory of human rig .. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 453 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443866453 1443866458 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |