{"product_id":"human-rights-in-africa-abdullahi-ahmed-an-naim-9780815717959","title":"Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives","description":"\"\u003cp\u003eThis powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. Virginia A. Leary and Jack Donnelly discuss the Western cultural origins of international human rights; David Little, Bassam Tibi, and Ann Elizabeth Mayer explore Christian and Islamic perspectives on human rights; Rhoda E. Howard, Claude E. Welch, Jr., and James C. N. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. Deng offer African cultural perspectives; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Richard D. Schwartz discuss prospects for a cross-cultural approach to human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815717954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815717959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc\/Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.00w x 1.09d","brand":"Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401257111807,"sku":"9780815717959","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15c8ef0a-62eb-41db-abbd-832459389046.jpg?v=1733887186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-rights-in-africa-abdullahi-ahmed-an-naim-9780815717959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}