International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisation: Becoming Human

By Shelley Wright

Book Overview

Covering a diverse range of topics, case studies and theories, the author undertakes a critique of the principal assumptions on which the existing international human rights regime has been constructed. She argues that the decolonization of human rights, and the creation of a global community that is conducive to the well-being of all humans, will require a radical restructuring of our ways of thinking, researching and writing. In contributing to this restructuring she brings together feminist and indigenous approaches as well as postmodern and post-colonial scholarship, engaging directly with some of the prevailing orthodoxies, such as 'universality', 'the individual', 'self-determination', 'cultural relativism', 'globalization' and 'civil society'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415862914
• ISBN13: 9780415862912
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"