Imperialism and Human Rights

Colonial Discourses of Rights and Liberties in African History

AvBonny Ibhawoh

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Looks at the language of rights used by diverse interest groups in British-colonized Nigeria.2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In this seminal study, Bonny Ibhawoh investigates the links between European imperialism and human rights discourses in African history. Using British-colonized Nigeria as a case study, he examines how diverse interest groups within colonial society deployed the language of rights and liberties to serve varied socioeconomic and political ends. Ibhawoh challenges the linear progressivism that dominates human rights scholarship by arguing that, in the colonial African context, rights discourses were not simple monolithic or progressive narratives. They served both to insulate and legitimize power just as much as they facilitated transformative processes. Drawing extensively on archival material, this book shows how the language of rights, like that of "civilization" and "modernity," became an important part of the discourses deployed to rationalize and legitimize empire.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-11-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:463 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Human Rights
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791469231

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Historia: teori och metod inom Historia och arkeologi

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Bonny Ibhawoh is Assistant Professor of History at McMaster University, Canada.

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List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations1. The Subject of Rights and the Rights of Subjects2. Right, Liberties, and the Imperial World Order3. Stronger than the Maxim Gun: Law, Rights, and Justice4. Confronting State Trusteeship: Land Rights Discourses5. Negotiating Inclusion: Social Rights Discourses6. Citizens of the World’s Republic: Political and Civil Rights Discourses7. The Paradox of Rights TalkNotes Bibliography Index

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