Human Rights, General & Miscellaneous Islam, Islamic Law, Politics & Islam

Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights

Name: Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights
Author: Katerina Dalacoura
ISBN: 9781860643156

by Katerina Dalacoura

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In Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights, Katerina Dalacoura explores the concept of human rights, and debate between understanding them as a simply universal norm, or a ‘Western’ value, and therefore inappropriate and irrelevant for other cultures. She examines Islam's influence on the understanding of human rights in Muslim societies, and whether there is an inherent antithesis between Islam as a religion and the value of human rights.

Synopsis

Are human rights a universal norm, or a western value and therefore inappropriate and irrelevant for other cultures? How does Islam influence the understanding of human rights in Muslim societies? Is there an inherent antithesis between Islam as a religion and the value of human rights? How do we evaluate proposals for a particularly Islamic conceptualization of human rights?

About the Author, Katerina Dalacoura

Katerina Dalacoura has taught International Relations at the University of Essex, as Tutorial Fellow, and at the London School of Economics, as Temporary Lecturer and later as Research Officer.

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Dalacoura (international relations, U. of Essex) addresses the interaction between human rights as a value and norm in international relations and in Islam. She then presents a case study of the precepts of Islam and its role in the political process of 20th century Egypt and Tunisia. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.