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UNINA9910823903603321 |
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Autore |
Ackerly Brooke A |
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Titolo |
Universal human rights in a world of difference / / Brooke A. Ackerly |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2008 |
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1-107-18490-8 |
1-281-71719-3 |
9786611717193 |
0-511-40948-6 |
0-511-41002-6 |
0-511-40813-7 |
0-511-40738-6 |
0-511-75601-1 |
0-511-40894-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights |
Feminist theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Universal human rights in a world of difference: challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalism and differences -- Immanent and universal human rights: more legitimate than reasonable -- Feminist curb cutting: a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights -- Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance: a methodology for interpretation and analysis -- An immanent and universal theory of human rights -- Terrain(s) of difficulty: obligation, problem-solving, and trust -- Feminist strategies -- "If I can make a circle". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the diverse work and often competing insights of women's human rights activists, Brooke Ackerly has written a feminist and a universal theory of human rights that bridges the relativists' concerns about universalizing from particulars and the activists' commitment to justice. Unlike universal theories that rely on shared commitments to divine |
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