Human rights, culture and context : anthropological perspectives / edited by Richard A. Wilson.

Contributor(s): Wilson, Richard, 1964-Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology, culture, and societyPublication details: London, England : Pluto Press, 1997Description: viii, 227 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN: 0745311423 (pbk.); 9780745311425 (pbk.); 0745311431 (hbk.); 9780745311432 (hbk.)Other title: Human rights, culture & context [Cover title]Subject(s): Human rights -- Philosophy | Human rights -- Cross-cultural studies | Cultural relativism | Ethnology | Social valuesDDC classification: 306.3 LOC classification: JC571 | .H76943 1997
Contents:
1. Human rights, culture and context : an introduction / Richard A. Wilson -- 2. Legal pluralism and transnational culture : the Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli Tribunal, Hawai'i, 1993 / Sally Engle Merry -- 3. Multiculturalism, individualism and human rights : romanticism, the Enlightenment and lessons from Mauritius / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- 4. Liberalism, socio-economic rights and the politics of identity : from moral economy to indigenous rights / John Gledhill -- 5. On torture, or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment / Talal Asad -- 6. Representing human rights violations : social contexts and subjectivities / Richard A. Wilson -- 7. Universal and sustainable human rights? : special tribunals in Guatemala / Jennifer Schirmer -- 8. To whom should we listen? : human rights activism in two Guatemalan land disputes / David Stoll.
Summary: Drawing on case studies from around the world - including Iran, Guatemala, USA and Mexico - this collection documents how transnational human rights discourses and legal institutions are materialised, imposed, resisted and transformed in a variety of contexts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Human rights, culture and context : an introduction / Richard A. Wilson -- 2. Legal pluralism and transnational culture : the Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli Tribunal, Hawai'i, 1993 / Sally Engle Merry -- 3. Multiculturalism, individualism and human rights : romanticism, the Enlightenment and lessons from Mauritius / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- 4. Liberalism, socio-economic rights and the politics of identity : from moral economy to indigenous rights / John Gledhill -- 5. On torture, or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment / Talal Asad -- 6. Representing human rights violations : social contexts and subjectivities / Richard A. Wilson -- 7. Universal and sustainable human rights? : special tribunals in Guatemala / Jennifer Schirmer -- 8. To whom should we listen? : human rights activism in two Guatemalan land disputes / David Stoll.

Drawing on case studies from around the world - including Iran, Guatemala, USA and Mexico - this collection documents how transnational human rights discourses and legal institutions are materialised, imposed, resisted and transformed in a variety of contexts.

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