The subject of human rights in a pluralistic world is critical. Drawing on the vast traditions of India and the West, this volume is unique in providing interdisciplinary essays that range from theoretical, philosophical, normative, social, legal, and political issues in the conceptualization and application of a truly global understanding of human rights.
The subject of human rights in a pluralistic world is critical. Drawing on the vast traditions of India and the West, this volume is unique in providing interdisciplinary essays that range from theoretical, philosophical, normative, social, legal, and political issues in the conceptualization and application of a truly global understanding of human rights.
Ashwani Peetush is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Jay Drydyk is Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, Ottawa.
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* Acknowledgements * Note on Transliteration and Diacritical Marks * Introduction * PART I THEORETICAL ISSUES * 1. Rights and Relativity * Sonia Sikka * 2. Ethical Naturalism and Human Rights * Nigel DeSouza * 3. Two Concepts of Overlapping Consensus * Jay Drydyk * 4. Developmentalism, Human Rights, and Gender Politics: From a Politics of Origins to a Politics of Meanings * Sumi Madhok * PART II NORMATIVE SOURCES AND INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS * 5. Human Moral Obligations, Dharma, and Human Rights * Shashi Motilal * 6. Autonomy and Human Rights in Ancient and Modern Indian Buddhism * Gordon Davis * 7. Human Rights, Indian Philosophy, and Patañjali * Shyam Ranganathan * 8. Human Rights, Justice and Political Toleration in India: Multiplicity, Self, and Interconnectedness * Ashwani Peetush * PART III SOCIAL PRACTICES AND APPLIED CONTEXTS * 9. The Rights of Man: A Gandhian Intervention * Bindu Puri * 10. Invoking Human Rights: Dalits and the Politics of Caste Violence in Gujarat * Gopika Solanki * 11. The State as Religious Gatekeeper: Human Rights, Resistance, and Indian Anti-Conversion Laws * Amar Khoday * 12. The Rights to Have Rights: Taking Hannah Arendt to India * Niraja Gopal Jayal * Index * Notes on Editors and Contributors
* Acknowledgements * Note on Transliteration and Diacritical Marks * Introduction * PART I THEORETICAL ISSUES * 1. Rights and Relativity * Sonia Sikka * 2. Ethical Naturalism and Human Rights * Nigel DeSouza * 3. Two Concepts of Overlapping Consensus * Jay Drydyk * 4. Developmentalism, Human Rights, and Gender Politics: From a Politics of Origins to a Politics of Meanings * Sumi Madhok * PART II NORMATIVE SOURCES AND INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS * 5. Human Moral Obligations, Dharma, and Human Rights * Shashi Motilal * 6. Autonomy and Human Rights in Ancient and Modern Indian Buddhism * Gordon Davis * 7. Human Rights, Indian Philosophy, and Patañjali * Shyam Ranganathan * 8. Human Rights, Justice and Political Toleration in India: Multiplicity, Self, and Interconnectedness * Ashwani Peetush * PART III SOCIAL PRACTICES AND APPLIED CONTEXTS * 9. The Rights of Man: A Gandhian Intervention * Bindu Puri * 10. Invoking Human Rights: Dalits and the Politics of Caste Violence in Gujarat * Gopika Solanki * 11. The State as Religious Gatekeeper: Human Rights, Resistance, and Indian Anti-Conversion Laws * Amar Khoday * 12. The Rights to Have Rights: Taking Hannah Arendt to India * Niraja Gopal Jayal * Index * Notes on Editors and Contributors
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