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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part41.utf8:211109435:2652
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LEADER: 02652cam a22003498i 4500
001 2014047104
003 DLC
005 20150315073532.0
008 141211s2015 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014047104
020 $a9781626162327 (hc : alk. paper)
020 $a9781626162334 (pb : alk. paper)
020 $a9781626162341
040 $aDGU/DLC$beng$erda$cDGU$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC571$b.H595 2015
082 00 $a323$223
100 1 $aHogan, Linda,$d1964-$eauthor.
245 10 $aKeeping faith with human rights /$cLinda Hogan.
263 $a1509
264 1 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGeorgetown University Press,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe crisis of legitimacy and meaning : political and philosophical perspectives -- The crisis of legitimacy and meaning : theological perspectives -- Ethical formations : constructing the subject of human rights -- Situated knowledge, embedded universalism, plural foundations -- Resisting culturalist frameworks : porous communities, constructed tradition -- Building a durable culture of human rights.
520 $aHuman rights are one of the great civilizing projects of modernity. From their formal promulgation in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 to their subsequent embrace by the newly independent states of Africa, human rights have emerged as the primary discourse of global politics and as an increasingly prominent category in the international and domestic legal system. In the theological realm, the concept of human rights has all but replaced its antecedent, natural rights, while in the world of Christian social engagement the language of human rights has become the lingua franca of political action. But within theological circles, human rights continue to be both controversial and contested. Some skeptics contend that human rights reflect individualism, secularity, and Western political imperialism in disguise. Hogan, though, thinks human rights language is worth defending and tries to re-envision it. Avoiding claims of universal values, she draws on the constructivist strand of political philosophy to argue that human rights are best conceived in a three-fold manner: requirements for human flourishing; reflecting the needs of the community; and as emancipatory politics.
650 0 $aHuman rights.
650 0 $aHuman rights$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aHuman rights$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aHuman rights$xMoral and ethical aspects.