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- The Concept of Human Rights in Africa
- Book
- 1989
- Published by: CODESRIA
summary
Hitherto the human rights debate in Africa has concentrated on the legal and philosophical. The author, Professor of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, here moves the debate to the social and political planes. He attempts to reconceptualise human rights ideology from the standpoint of the working people in Africa. He defines the approach as avoiding the pitfalls of the liberal perspective as being absolutist in viewing human rights as a central question and the rights struggle as the backbone of democratic struggles. The author maintains that such a study cannot be politically neutral or intellectually uncommitted. Both the critique of dominant discourse and the reconceptualisation are located within the current social science and jurisprudential debates.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- p. vi
- 1 - The Dominant Discourse
- pp. 9-42
- 2 - A Critique
- pp. 43-68
- Conclusion: An Agenda for Research
- pp. 109-110
Additional Information
ISBN
9782869784215
Related ISBN(s)
9781870784023
MARC Record
OCLC
777577797
Pages
136
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No