1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782328603321

Titolo

Does God believe in human rights? [[electronic resource] ] : essays on religion and human rights / / edited by Nazila Ghanea, Alan Stephens, Raphael Walden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92612-4

9786611926120

90-474-1906-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights, , 1871-7829 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

Ghanea-HercockNazila

StephensAlan <1927->

WaldenRaphael

Disciplina

201/.723

Soggetti

Human rights - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The complimentarity between secular and religious perspectives of human rights / Richard Harries -- Religious truths and human coexistence / Roger Ruston -- Religion in a democratic society : safeguarding freedom, acknowledging identity, valuing partnership / Michael Ipgrave -- Conflicting values or misplaced interpretations? : examining the inevitability of a clash bewteen 'religions' and 'human rights' / Javaid Rehman -- Religion and human rights with special reference to Judaism / Norman Solomon -- Religion and human rights: redressing the balance / Avrom Sherr -- Human rights and its destruction of right and wrong / Melanie Phillips -- A more constructive encounter : a Bahá'í view of religion and human rights / John Barnabas Leith -- 'Human rights,' 'religion' and the 'secular' : variant configurations of religion(s), state(s) and society(ies) / Paul Weller -- Freedom of religion and belief in the light of recent challenges : needs, clashes and solutions / Dennis de Jong -- Triumphalism and respect for diversity / Conor Gearty -- 'Phobias' and 'isms' : recognition of difference or the slippery slope of particularisms? / Nazila Ghanea -- Inciting religious hatred: balancing free speech and



religious sensibilities in a multi-faith society / Peter Cumper -- Theoretical and institutional framework : the soft spot where human rights end and God begins / Frederik Harhoff.

Sommario/riassunto

Where can religions find sources of legitimacy for human rights? How do, and how should, religious leaders and communities respond to human rights as defined in modern International Law? When religious precepts contradict human rights standards - for example in relation to freedom of expression or in relation to punishments - which should trump the other, and why? Can human rights and religious teachings be interpreted in a manner which brings reconciliation closer? Do the modern concept and system of human rights undermine the very vision of society that religions aim to impart? Is a reference to God in the discussion of human rights misplaced? Do human fallibilities with respect to interpretation, judicial reasoning and the understanding of human oneness and dignity provide the key to the undeniable and sometimes devastating conflicts that have arisen between, and within, religions and the human rights movement? In this volume, academics and lawyers tackle these most difficult questions head-on, with candour and creativity, and the collection is rendered unique by the further contributions of a remarkable range of other professionals, including senior religious leaders and representatives, journalists, diplomats and civil servants, both national and international. Most notably, the contributors do not shy away from the boldest question of all - summed up in the book's title. The thoroughly edited and revised papers which make up this collection were originally prepared for a ground-breaking conference organised by the Clemens Nathan Research Centre, the University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Martinus Nijhoff/Brill.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787954303321

Autore

Feldman Irina Alexandra

Titolo

Rethinking community from Peru : the political philosophy of José María Arguedas / / Irina Alexandra Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pa. : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2014]

ISBN

0-8229-7951-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Illuminations : cultural formations of the Americas

Classificazione

LIT004100

Disciplina

863/.62

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Andes Region - Politics and government

Sovereignty in literature

Community life in literature

Social conflict in literature

Ethnic relations in literature

Peruvian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Andes Region Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Arguedas : Rethinking Community -- Sovereignty and Authority in Todas las sangres -- Andean Community : Beyond the Limits of Death Demand -- "Why Have You Killed Me?" : Violence, Law, and Justice in Todas las sangres -- Moments of Revolutionary Transformation in Arguedean Novels.

Sommario/riassunto

"Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist Jose María Arguedas (1911-1969) was a highly conflicted figure. As a mestizo, both European and Quechua blood ran through his veins and into his cosmology and writing. Arguedas's Marxist influences and ethnographic work placed him in direct contact with the subalterns he would champion in his stories. His exposes of the conflicts between Indians and creoles, and workers and elites were severely criticized by his contemporaries, who sought homogeneity in the nation-building project of Peru.  In Rethinking Community from Peru, Irina Alexandra Feldman examines the deep political connotations and current relevance of Arguedas's fiction to the Andean region. Looking principally to his most ambitious and controversial work, All the Bloods,



Feldman analyzes Arguedas's conceptions of community, political subjectivity, sovereignty, juridical norm, popular actions, and revolutionary change. She deconstructs his particular use of language, a mix of Quechua and Spanish, as a vehicle to express the political dualities in the Andes. As Feldman shows, Arguedas's characters become ideological speakers and the narrator's voice is often absent, allowing for multiple viewpoints and a powerful realism. Feldman examines Arguedas's other novels to augment her theorizations, and grounds her analysis in a dialogue with political philosophers Walter Benjamin, Jean-Luc Nancy, Carl Schmitt, Jacques Derrida, Ernesto Laclau, and Álvaro García-Linera, among others.  In the current political climate, Feldman views the promise of Arguedas's vision in light of Evo Morales's election and the Bolivian plurality project recognizing indigenous autonomy. She juxtaposes the Bolivian situation with that of Peru, where comparatively limited progress has been made towards constitutional recognition of the indigenous groups. As Feldman demonstrates, the prophetic relevance of Arguedas's constructs lie in their recognition of the sovereignty of all ethnic groups and their coexistence in the modern democratic nation-state, in a system of heterogeneity through autonomy--not homogeneity through suppression. Tragically for Arguedas, it was a philosophy he could not reconcile with the politics of his day, or from his position within Peruvian society"--