Human rights as social construction /
Gregg, Benjamin Greenwood, 1954-
Human rights as social construction / Benjamin Gregg. - Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 260 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
Introduction. Human rights as local constructions of limited but expandable validity -- Human rights : political not theological -- Human rights : political not metaphysical -- Generating universal human rights out of local norms -- Cultural resources : individuals as authors of human rights -- Neurobiological resources : emotions and natural altruism in support of human rights -- Translating human rights into local cultural vernaculars -- Advancing human rights through cognitive reframing -- Human rights via human nature as cultural choice -- The human rights state -- Coda. What is lost, and what gained, by human rights as social construction.
"Benjamin Gregg believes human rights can be created by the ordinary people whom they address; are valid only if embraced by those to whom they apply; and need not be identical in all communities"--Provided by publisher "Most conceptions of human rights rely on metaphysical or theological assumptions that construe them as possible only as something imposed from outside existing communities. Most people, in other words, presume that human rights come from nature, God, or the United Nations. This book argues that reliance on such putative sources actually undermines human rights. Benjamin Gregg envisions an alternative; he sees human rights as locally developed, freely embraced, and indigenously valid. Human rights, he posits, can be created by the average, ordinary people to whom they are addressed, and that they are valid only if embraced by those to whom they would apply. To view human rights in this manner is to increase the chances and opportunities that more people across the globe will come to embrace them"--Provided by publisher
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9786613580382
358038 MIL
Human rights--Social aspects.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Aspect social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Human rights--Social aspects.
Menschenrecht
Electronic books.
JC571 / .G7825 2012eb
323.01
Human rights as social construction / Benjamin Gregg. - Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 260 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
Introduction. Human rights as local constructions of limited but expandable validity -- Human rights : political not theological -- Human rights : political not metaphysical -- Generating universal human rights out of local norms -- Cultural resources : individuals as authors of human rights -- Neurobiological resources : emotions and natural altruism in support of human rights -- Translating human rights into local cultural vernaculars -- Advancing human rights through cognitive reframing -- Human rights via human nature as cultural choice -- The human rights state -- Coda. What is lost, and what gained, by human rights as social construction.
"Benjamin Gregg believes human rights can be created by the ordinary people whom they address; are valid only if embraced by those to whom they apply; and need not be identical in all communities"--Provided by publisher "Most conceptions of human rights rely on metaphysical or theological assumptions that construe them as possible only as something imposed from outside existing communities. Most people, in other words, presume that human rights come from nature, God, or the United Nations. This book argues that reliance on such putative sources actually undermines human rights. Benjamin Gregg envisions an alternative; he sees human rights as locally developed, freely embraced, and indigenously valid. Human rights, he posits, can be created by the average, ordinary people to whom they are addressed, and that they are valid only if embraced by those to whom they would apply. To view human rights in this manner is to increase the chances and opportunities that more people across the globe will come to embrace them"--Provided by publisher
9781139224796 (electronic bk.) 1139224794 (electronic bk.) 9781139059626 (electronic bk.) 1139059629 (electronic bk.) 9781139221368 1139221361 9786613580382 6613580384 128048540X 9781280485404 (paperback)
9786613580382
358038 MIL
Human rights--Social aspects.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Aspect social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Human rights--Social aspects.
Menschenrecht
Electronic books.
JC571 / .G7825 2012eb
323.01