Author: | Michael Bodden, Lily Cho, Afsan Chowdhury, Theodore W. Goossen, Susan J. Henders, Alice Ming Wai Jim, Sailaja Krishnamurti, Arun P. Mukherjee, Van Nguyen-Marshall, Jooyeon Rhee, Françoise Robin, Arundathy Rodrigo, Alicia M. Turner, Mary M. Young | ISBN: | 9780739184745 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | October 23, 2014 |
Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Michael Bodden, Lily Cho, Afsan Chowdhury, Theodore W. Goossen, Susan J. Henders, Alice Ming Wai Jim, Sailaja Krishnamurti, Arun P. Mukherjee, Van Nguyen-Marshall, Jooyeon Rhee, Françoise Robin, Arundathy Rodrigo, Alicia M. Turner, Mary M. Young |
ISBN: | 9780739184745 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books |
Publication: | October 23, 2014 |
Imprint: | Lexington Books |
Language: | English |
Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia approaches human rights issues from the perspective of writers, artists, filmmakers, and dramatists throughout global Asia. By shifting the discussion of human rights away from the binaries of cultural relativism and political sovereignty, this book moves toward a new understanding of human rights that takes account of the diverse contexts central to being human and living a life of dignity.
Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia approaches human rights issues from the perspective of writers, artists, filmmakers, and dramatists throughout global Asia. By shifting the discussion of human rights away from the binaries of cultural relativism and political sovereignty, this book moves toward a new understanding of human rights that takes account of the diverse contexts central to being human and living a life of dignity.