Human Rights in Translation

Herausgeber: Rozbicki, Michal Jan

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection examines the concept of human rights in a variety of cultural and historical contexts. The contributors analyze cognitive contexts that produce different meanings of rights, identify spaces of intercultural crossings where differences can coexist, and offer narratives and metaphors to help mediate between distinct cultures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781498581417
• ISBN-10: 1498581412
• Artikelnr.: 53684498

Autorenporträt

Michal Jan Rozbicki is professor of history at Saint Louis University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Conceptual Frameworks Chapter 1: Human Rights and the Grammar of
Interculturality, Michal Jan Rozbicki Chapter 2: Human Rights against Human
Rights: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Interpretative
Discrepancies, and Intercultural Transpositions, Mario Ricca Part II:
Rights and Religion Chapter 3: Transgender Rights in Pakistan?: Global,
Colonial, and Islamic Perspectives, Jeffrey A. Redding Chapter 4: The
Off-Centered Hub of Secularism: Religion Inside Human Rights Projections
and Quotidian Life, Melisa Vazquez Chapter 5: Migration' as a Metaphor for
Religious Conversion: a Reinterpretation of Freedom of Conscience and
Belief in Colonial India and Pakistan, Shazia Ahmad Part III: Rights and
Migration Chapter 6: Protestant Work Ethic Revisited: The Ephemeral Nature
of Commitment to Human Rights, Hisako Matsuo and Rachel Santon Chapter 7:
Politics, Religion and Debt: Translating Lives into Normative Frameworks
for Asylum Seekers in Italy, Tommaso Sbriccoli Chapter 8: The Role of Human
Rights Frameworks in Refugee Host State Integration, Rachel Santon Part IV:
Rights and Cultural Difference Chapter 9: Defending Liberty from Tyranny in
Dostoevsky's Siberia: The Impact of Captivity on an Intercultural Consensus
Regarding Human Rights, Elizabeth Blake Chapter 10: The ASEAN Human Rights
Declaration as a Case of Human Rights Translation, Marcella Ferri Chapter
11: The Color Curtain: Richard Wright on Race, Rights and Western Values,
Anders Walker