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- Title
The Contemporary Dialectic of United Nations Human Rights.
- Authors
SIANI, ALBERTO L.
- Abstract
The article discusses the dialectic concerning the United Nations (UN) General Assembly's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNHR), with a particular focus on Westerners and non-Westerners' attitudes towards human rights and universalism. An overview of the putative contradictions in Western cosmopolitanism is provided.
- Subjects
UNITED Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights; UNIVERSALISM (Political science); DIALECTIC; HUMAN rights &; society; WESTERNERS (Western society); DISCOURSE -- Social aspects; COSMOPOLITANISM -- Social aspects; ATTITUDE (Psychology); CIVILIZATION
- Publication
Clio, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0884-2043
- Publication type
Article