International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisation: Becoming Human (Routledge Studies in International Law)

Wright, Shelley

ISBN 10: 0415259517 / ISBN 13: 9780415259514

Published by Routledge, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisation: Becoming Human (Routledge Studies in International Law)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415259517
• ISBN 13: 9780415259514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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'.

About the Author

Shelley Wright