Decolonizing Human Rights - Softcover

An-Naim, Abdullahi Ahmed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110840457X ISBN 13: 9781108404570

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

In his extensive body of work, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim challenges both historical interpretations of Islamic Sharia and neo-colonial understanding of human rights. To advance the rationale of scholarship for social change, An-Naim proposes advancing the universality of human rights through internal discourse within Islamic and African societies and cross-cultural dialogue among human cultures. This book proposes a transformation from human rights organized around a state determined practice to one that is focused on a people-centric approach that empowers individuals to decide how human rights will be understood and integrated into their communities. Decolonizing Human Rights aims to illustrate the decisive role of human agency on the subject of change, without implying that Islamic or any other society are exceptionally disposed to politically motivated violence and consequent profound political instability.

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About the Author

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University. He is an internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives. An-Naim teaches courses in international law, Islamic law, human rights and comparative law. His research interest include constitutionalism in Islamic and African countries, Islam and the secular state and Islam and politics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110840457X
• ISBN 13: 9781108404570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156