Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco e-bog
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Are universal rights bound to colonialism? Are they culturally imperialistic? By juxtaposing Morocco's practice of torture with its discourse of cultural relativism, this study links popular resistance to universal rights to a deliberate politics that delegitimizes those very same rights, requiring a new, more inclusive system of universalism.
E-bog
436,85 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
6 november 2013
Genrer
Political science and theory
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781137339614
Are universal rights bound to colonialism? Are they culturally imperialistic? By juxtaposing Morocco's practice of torture with its discourse of cultural relativism, this study links popular resistance to universal rights to a deliberate politics that delegitimizes those very same rights, requiring a new, more inclusive system of universalism.