{"product_id":"human-rights-in-africa-cross-cultural-perspectives-9780815717959","title":"Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. Virginia A. Leary and Jack Donnelly discuss the Western cultural origins of international human rights; David Little, Bassam Tibi, and Ann Elizabeth Mayer explore Christian and Islamic perspectives on human rights; Rhoda E. Howard, Claude E. Welch, Jr., and James C. N. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. Deng offer African cultural perspectives; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Richard D. Schwartz discuss prospects for a cross-cultural approach to human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahmed An-Naim, Abdullahi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815717959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.00w x 1.09d","brand":"Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39908116168779,"sku":"9780815717959","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_762ec4f0-90d7-4051-8ffe-e1c7d73ee98d.jpg?v=1669123759","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/human-rights-in-africa-cross-cultural-perspectives-9780815717959","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}