Human Rights Thinking in Relationship to African Nation-States: Some Suggestions in Response to Simeon O. Ilesanmi

That the political and moral concept of human rights originated in the West warns us to be watchful for Western biases in human rights discourse, but the concept must be set in the context of the West's attempt to address the universal struggle of individuals and groups to secure justice in the...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Preston N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1995
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1995, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 323-331
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1822382823
003 DE-627
005 20221115052621.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 221115s1995 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
035 |a (DE-627)1822382823 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1822382823 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Williams, Preston N.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Human Rights Thinking in Relationship to African Nation-States: Some Suggestions in Response to Simeon O. Ilesanmi 
264 1 |c 1995 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a That the political and moral concept of human rights originated in the West warns us to be watchful for Western biases in human rights discourse, but the concept must be set in the context of the West's attempt to address the universal struggle of individuals and groups to secure justice in the face of claims against them. Thus, the correction of Western bias requires not a rejection of the notion of human rights but a thick description of that struggle as it is manifest in other times and cultures. African experience is richly instructive. Because African nation-states did not emerge from civil societies associated with a particular people, some have represented the communalism of traditional peoples as a distinctive African perspective on rights. Though such claims deserve careful attention, African communalism requires the critical scrutiny that is appropriate to all stances that have the potential to foster coercive and exclusive practices. 
601 |a Suggestion 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Journal of religious ethics  |d Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 1973  |g 23(1995), 2, Seite 323-331  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)320450171  |w (DE-600)2005952-8  |w (DE-576)090888812  |x 1467-9795  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:23  |g year:1995  |g number:2  |g pages:323-331 
776 |i Erscheint auch als  |n Druckausgabe  |w (DE-627)1534662529  |k Non-Electronic 
856 4 0 |u https://www.jstor.org/stable/40017854  |x Verlag  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4211026208 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1822382823 
LOK |0 005 20221115052621 
LOK |0 008 221115||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-10-04#2B893631E37C2AB2DD49E07DA6E7A77A6DE45AC6 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixrk  |a zota 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL