Civil Religion, Human Rights and International Relations: Connecting People Across Cultures and Traditions - Hardcover

 
9781781000519: Civil Religion, Human Rights and International Relations: Connecting People Across Cultures and Traditions
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1781000514 ISBN 13: 9781781000519
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

This ground breaking book discusses whether human rights can be forged into a common set of transcendent principles against which actions of every nation can be judged and whether such a common understanding, or civil religion, could one day become a vehicle for global peace.

Eminent international scholars from political science, international relations, human rights and civil religion argue both sides of this debate. In the first section the theoretical issues relating to why human rights have come about and whether they should be fought for are discussed. Part two focuses on the reality of actions brought about by human rights ideas with illuminating case studies showing that human rights ideas and practice are generated from both the bottom up and top down by individual actors and institutions.

The unique book will be of great interest to scholars in the field of history, human rights, international relations and political science in general.

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About the Author

Edited by Helle Porsdam, Professor of Law and Humanities and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Rights, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781000514
ISBN 13 
9781781000519
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
232
Editor
Porsdam Helle