| Subject Index | Culture |
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| Subject Index | Human rights |
| Author | AN-NA'IM, Abdullahi Ahmed |
| Author | DENG, Francis M. |
| Publisher | The Brookings Institution |
| Date of publication | 1990 |
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| ISBN | 0-81571-7954 |
| Number of pages | 399 |
| Language | English |
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This volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights peculiar to the west and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-western traditions of third world countries. This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights.
