FIVE FABLES ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
FIVE FABLES ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
Author(s): Steven Michael LukesSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Summary/Abstract: In this essay I propose to discuss the topic of human rights as seen from the standpoint of five doctrines or outlooks that are dominant in our time. I don't propose to be fair to these outlooks. Rather, I shall treat them in the form of Weberian "ideal types" or caricatures - a caricature being an exaggerated and simplified representation which, when it succeeds, captures the essentials of what is represented. The principle
Journal: Dialogue International Edition
- Issue Year: 1997
- Issue No: 05-06
- Page Range: 88-106
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
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