TY - BOOK ID - 99994574 TI - Decolonizing human rights PY - 2021 SN - 1108264921 1108417132 1108265790 1108271251 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Human rights KW - Social aspects. KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Law and legislation KW - Drets humans KW - Canvi social KW - Evolució cultural KW - Història social KW - Progrés KW - Sociologia KW - Darwinisme social KW - Desenvolupament comunitari KW - Difusió cultural KW - Intervenció social KW - Drets de l'home KW - Ciències polítiques KW - Discriminació KW - Dret constitucional KW - Defensors dels drets humans KW - Detenció de persones KW - Dret a l'alimentació KW - Dret a la salut KW - Dret a la vida KW - Dret a un judici just KW - Dret al treball KW - Drets fonamentals KW - Drets humans (Dret internacional) KW - Drets sexuals KW - Drets socials KW - Drets culturals KW - Reivindicacions socials KW - Llibertat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:99994574 AB - In his extensive body of work, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim challenges both historical interpretations of Islamic Sharia and neo-colonial understanding of human rights. To advance the rationale of scholarship for social change, An-Naim proposes advancing the universality of human rights through internal discourse within Islamic and African societies and cross-cultural dialogue among human cultures. This book proposes a transformation from human rights organized around a state determined practice to one that is focused on a people-centric approach that empowers individuals to decide how human rights will be understood and integrated into their communities. Decolonizing Human Rights aims to illustrate the decisive role of human agency on the subject of change, without implying that Islamic or any other society are exceptionally disposed to politically motivated violence and consequent profound political instability. ER -