Cultural Heritage in Transit: Intangible Rights as Human Rights

Are human rights universal? The immediate response is "yes, of course." However, that simple affirmation assumes agreement about definitions of the "human" as well as what a human is entitled to under law, bringing us quickly to concepts such as freedom, property, and the inalienability of both. The assumption that we all mean the same things by these terms carries much political import, especially given that different communities (national, ethnic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245946
• ISBN13: 9780812245943
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"