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Informationen zum Autor Richard Wilson has carried out extensive research on the relationship between political violence, religion and ethnicity in Guatemala. He is the author of Maya Resurgence in Guatemala: Q'egchi Experiences (1995, University of Oklahoma Press). Klappentext Drawing on case studies from around the world - including Iran! Guatemala! USA and Mexico - this collection documents how transnational human rights discourses and legal institutions are materialised! imposed! resisted and transformed in a variety of contexts. Zusammenfassung An innovative study of human rights from an anthropological standpoint Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Notes on contributors 1. Introduction: Human Rights! Culture and Context! Richard A. Wilson! Sussex Univerisity 2. Legal Pluralism and Transnational Culture: The Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli Tribunal! Hawai'i! 1993 Sally Engle Merry! Wellesley College 3. Multiculturalism! Individualism and Human Rights: Romanticism! the Enlightenment and Lessons from Mauritius Thomas Hylland Eriksen! University of Oslo 4. Liberalism! Socio-economic Rights and the Politics of Identity: from Moral Economy to Indigenous Rights John Gledhill! University College! London 5. On Torture! or Cruel! Inhuman and Degrading Treatment! Talal Asad! New School! NYU 6. Representing Human Rights Violations: Social Contexts and Subjectivities Richard A. Wilson! Sussex University 7. Universal and Sustainable Human Rights? Special Tribunals in Guatemala Jenny Schirmer! Harvard University 8. To Whom Should We Listen? Human Rights Activism in Two Guatemalan Land Disputes David Stoll Bibliography Index
